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ORIGIN AND HISTORY 

01<^ TllK 

N A m: E 

OF 

M C) O R K 

WITH 

BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL THE MOST NOTED 
PERSONS OF THAT NAME. 



AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN oF 
SURNAAIES AND FORENAMES. 

TOGETHER \YrTH 

OVKR FIVE HUNDRED CHRISTIAN NAMES OF MEN AND WOMEN 

AND THEIR SlCrXIFICAXCT:. 



Cbe Crescent Tamily Record. 



'To live in hearts we lenve behind is not to die.'" 



CHICAGO, ILL.: 

AMERICAN' PT'nLISIIERS' ASSOCIATION. 
1102. 



But strczu his ashes to the wind, 

Whose s-zuord or voice has served mankind, 

And is he dead, whose glorious mind 

Lifts hiui on liighf 
Jo live in hearts zve leave b hind, 

Is not to die. 



PUBLISHERS' NOTE. 



A NUMBER of letters and material have been re- 
ceived of a genealogical nature, with requests to in- 
coqDorate the same into this work. It is to be re- 
gretted that this cannot be done, as the object of this 
work is simply to preserv^e and perpetuate the names 
and biographical history of the most notable mem- 
bers of this family name. 

The preservation of such a record cannot fail to 
prove invaluable and a source of pride and interest 
not only to persons of the name but to the world in 
general ; and this book may prove the foundation upon 
which a monumental work mav be constructed. 



COJNTKiVTS. 



Frontispiece. \'asc of Flowers. 

Introduction, 

Illustration, Coats-of-Arms. 

Origin and TIistor3' of the Family Name, 

The First of the Name in America, 

Principal Branches of the Familv, - . . . 

Historical and Biographical, ----- 33 

Origin of the Surname, 49 

Origin of the Forename, 81 

Genealogy, - - - ... _ . . .93 
Heraldr\^, ------... 94 

Illustration of Camp-Fire Chats, - - - - 98 

Patriotic Societies of the United States, - - 99 
Forenames of Men and Their Significance, - - 103 
Forenames of Women and Their Significance, - 109 
The Crescent Family Records, - - • - - 113 




^ \ I 



intkm)dit(;tion. 



Now that we all have surnames, we are apt to for- 
«j^et that it was not always so. We cannot eas- 
ily realize the time when John, Thomas and Andrew, 
Mary and Abii^^ail, were each satisfied with a sin<j^le 
name, nor refleet that the use of two is not a refine- 
ment datin<^ from an ol)seure and unknown antiquity, 
but quite within the reach of record and history. 

Everj'- name, no doubt, oriirinally had a meanintj, 
or was at first assumed or imposed from its real or 
supposed fitness, from some accidental circumstance, 
or from mere caprice. Each individual is distinii^uished 
from his fellows by his name. But for this system his- 
tory and biogra])h3' could scarcely exist. 

Our proper name is our individuality; in our own 
thoughts and in the thoughts of those who know us, 
they cannot be separated. Our names are uttered, 
and at once, whether in connection with blame or 
praise, with threat or entreat}^, with hatred or love, 
we ourselves are affected by the ideas and feelings 
expressed. A few trilling words, in no way meant to 
apply to the man they describe, sufhcc to awaken the 
recollection of that m^in, his physical peculiarities, his 
moral character, and the most remarkable acts and 
events of his life; a few syllables will cause the tear 
to start afresh from the mother's eye, after ^-ears of 
consolation and resignation to her loss; they will sum- 
mon the tell-tale blush to the maiden's cheek, and she 
immediateh" thinks her secret is discovered; they will 
make a lover's heart beat more rapidly; rekindle the 
angry glance in an enem\''s eye; and in a friend sep- 
arated from his friend, will renew all his past regrets 
and his fondest hopes. None tlic less rapidh' do our 
thoughts connect a neime with the idea of the thing to 



ii INTRODUCTION. 

which it belongs, be it land of birth, country, town, 
river, road, valle}'- or hill. Dislike, desire, recollection of 
pain or pleasure, admiration, jealousy, kind feelings, 
national hatreds and love of country, one and all may 
be evoked by a single word, because the word repre- 
sents to us the very object which has created those 
emotions within us. Ever^^ person, even the most in- 
curious observer of -words and things, must have re- 
marked the great variety that exists in the names of 
families. He cannot fail to notice that such names are 
of widely different significations, many being identical 
with names of places, offices, professions, trades, qual- 
ities, familiar natural objects and other things. There 
is probably no person capable of the least degree of re- 
flection wdio has not often, in idle inoments, ainused 
himself with some little speculation on the probable 
origin of his own name. It is not sufficient for a per- 
son of inquisitive mind that he bears such and such a 
surname because his father and his grandfather bore 
it; he will naturally feel desirous of knowing why and 
when their ancestors acquired it. 

What would the annals of mankind and the rec- 
ords of biography be if people had never borne any 
proper names? It would be a mere chaos of unde- 
fined incidents and an unintelligible mass of facts, with- 
out sjanmetry or beautj^ and without any interest at 
all for after ages. Indeed, without names, mankind 
would have wanted what is perhaps the greatest stim- 
ulous of which the mind is susceptible — the love of 
fame; and consequently, many of the mightiest achieve- 
ments in every department of human endeavor would 
have been lost to the world. 

Man_v of our ancient and modern institutions are 
intimately connected with the meaning and continued 
existence of proper names. It has been w^ell said that 
hereditary names perpetuate the memory of ancestors 



INTRODUCTION. iii 

better than any other nionunicnt, an afTectionate rc- 
menibriince this, surely, and one which fosters the cause 
of nioraHty; they tcacli, or at any rate remind sons of 
their duty to be worthy of their ancestors. 

Though its importance be felt in all phases of our 
social life, the orisj;in of proper names does not essen- 
tially belong to a civilized condition. Undoubtedly it 
is intimately connected with the gift of speech. A man 
must call his children by a distinctive appellation, either 
when he speaks to them or when he speaks of them in 
their absence, and when a gesture and an inflection of 
the voice are not sullicient to indicate his meaning. 
The distinctive title which he uses can only be a name 
exclusively applicable to the individual meant; on the 
other hand, the father will recognize the name given to 
him by his children. Again, the domestic animal, man's 
intelligent companion in his field sports, and the watch- 
ful guardian of his dwelling; the brook that runs be- 
neath his home; the tree that shelters or the forest that 
conceals it; the hill or the vale near which it lies, will 
soon be named by those who w'ish to distinguish them 
from similar objects around. If other men come to live 
near the first family, they will receive a name and give 
one in return. 

However simple these names be at first, so simple 
that they express nothing beyond the degree of rela- 
tionship between father and mother and children, and 
the order of their birth in the case of the last; be they 
mere substantives used to point out more specially the 
dwelling iind all that surrounds it; as the hut, the tree, 
or the brook — or even supposing that in the common 
intercourse which may exist between one family and its 
neighbor the only distinctive terms employed arc we 
and they, and further, that sun, fire, destruction, or 
thunder, designate the beneficent or angry deity — still 
the s\'stem of proper names already exists in embryo, 



iv INTRODUCTION. 

and is read\' to be further developed, even to the high- 
est degree of importance and intricac}^ in proportion 
as the social principle itself becomes more extended and 
more complicated in its constitution. 

Add new members to the family; collect several fam- 
ilies together and form them into one tribe; place a 
number of tribes holding friendly relations wath one 
another in a less limited tract of land; then will the 
spot occupied by each tribe, every village or cluster of 
inhabitants belonging to the same tribe, every hill and 
thicket and brook — in a v^ord, the land and the gath- 
ering of men upon it assume proper names, just as the 
tribes had alread}^ done before, and the families and 
the individuals that constituted them. 

From this outline of the first elements of social 
life, let us remove, in thought, for a moment, and place 
ourselves in the heart of civilized existence. The names 
of lands and dwellings have changed into the designa- 
tions of powerful states and magnificent cities; names 
which will be familiar for centuries after the grass has 
grown over and hidden even the ruins of their palaces 
and their fortresses and obliterated the very traces of 
their existence, and after political or naturally induced 
revolutions have depopulated, divided and totally dis- 
membered the provinces of mighty empires. Here the 
names of men distinguish the individual members of a 
great social bod\^, magistrates, princes, chiefs of the 
great civil and political whole; and among these names, 
all of them less or more important at present, there 
arc some which hereafter shall be handed down to his- 
tory as a rich inheritance, an object of envy to the am- 
bitious, and a pattern of conduct to the wise. 



\ 



inSTOJMCAL AND RKXHiAPlITCAL. 35 



I'lIK XAMK OP MOOliE. 

'riic Kiiyiisli luiiiu's Mooi- or Mooi'c, ami the Scottish Muir, 
ai-c I'roni a Saxon word iiieaiiiii^' hcaltliy ji:i"ound. It also 
means (iroat. Tall. 

^loore. contracted from O'Moi'a. ^lordlia's descendant 
(Morlia is derived fi'om mor. <ireat). 

As an Aii^lo-Saxon name ]\loore is probably derived Trom 
-Mar, renowned, famous. 

It iias also I'isen fi'om residence at a bouuy heath or moor. 
The medieval forms ai'c Atte Mor or ^lore, De Moi'a, Ad 
Moram. 

TiiK Fiix'ST OF tup: namp: of moore in a:\ierica. 

One of tlie first settlers in New England was Edmund 
Moore, a pi'oprietor of Newbury, Mass. He deeded land to his 
son, Edmund, wrth the consent of his son Jonathan. 

P^rancis ^loore was a orojjrietor of C'ambridge, Mass., in 
l(i38. 

John Moore was an e;;rly settler at Dorchester, where he 
was a proprietor in 16:31-:?4r. He was also a town officer in 
1638. 

John ^Nloore was a proprietor of Sudbuiy in 1640. He 
bought land in 1642; and was also a town officer. In his will 
he left his property to his eldest son, John, of Lancaster. His 
sons were William, Jacob, eloseph and Benjamin. 

Richai'd ]Moore settled at I)uxl)ury as a proprietor. He 
removed to Salem and deeded lauds to his sons, Caleb and 
Richard. 

Sanniel ]\Ioore was a proprieto)' of Salem, ]\lass.. in 1636. 
He left two sons, Sanuiel and Remember. 

Thomas .Moore was a proprietor and town officer in 1631- 
34. in Dorchester. 

Thomas Moore was an early settler of New England, set- 
tled in Salem; aiul was a proj)riet()r in 1636. He had four 
sons. Thomas, Benjamin, Nathaniel and Jonathan. 

William ]\loore of Ipswich, ]\Iass., deeded his land to his 
daughtei-. ^7 .^X. 

coats-()F-ar:\is of the :\iqore fa:\iily. : ^ 

Arms: Argent, on a bend sablf three mascles of the field. 
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or, a unicorn's head sable, 
the horn twisted of the first and second, 
blotto: Quaerere verum. 



0<7.-'U 



36 HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 



THE MOORES IN AMERICA. 

A thoroug'li perusal of the following life sketches of noted 
Mooi'es, eminent in all walks of life, will reveal the fact that 
the ^looT-es have been actively and intimately associated with 
the ecclesiastical, civil, industrial and commercial affairs of 
America ; and to become conversant with their historj^ will 
naturally create in our children a source of pride in the name 
of Moore heretofore unappreciated. 

As builders and merchants they have built cities and 
illumined the marts of trade; in the field of science and medi- 
cine they have obtained great prominence; in the arena of 
statesmanship they have produced men of thought and men 
of action; while at the bar and in the administration of jus- 
tice they have shown erudition and wisdom. As clergymen, 
educators and lecturers they have occupied high places; as 
musicians, composers and artists they have contributed pro- 
fusely to social life ; and as authors and poets they are worthy 
to be crowned with a laurel wreath of fame. Also as heroes 
of colonial. Revolutionary and later wars they have rendered 
patriotic service, each one of whom lias added luster to the 
name of Moore. 

jMOORE, ALFRED, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born May 
21, 1755, in Brunswick county, N. C. In 1790 he was elected 
attorney-general of North Carolina; and was appointed judge 
in 1798. He was associate judge of the supreme court of the 
United States in 1755-1805. He died Oct. 15, 1810, in Bel- 
font, X. C. 

:\I()()RE, ALBERT J., lawyer, was born June 25, 1853, in 
Greenwich, N. J. He is a successful lawyer of Ely, Minn. ; 
and has been city attorney. For six years he was president of 
the school board ; and when the city was incorporated he drew 
up the city charter. 

MOORE, ANDREW, soldier, lawyer, congressman, United 
States senator, was born in 1752 in Canniscello, Va. He 
sei'ved in the revoluticmary army, and the legislature of 
Virginia made him brigadiei'-genei'al of militia, and major- 
general in ISOS. He. was a representative in congress from 
Virginia in 1789-97 and 1803-04 when he Avas appointed to the 
United States senate. He died April 14, 1821, near Lexing- 
ton, Va. 

]\IOORE, ANDREW ]?ARRY, educator, lawyer, jurist, 



HISTORICAL AND HIOGRAPIIICAL. 37 

•rovcnioi'. was l)()rii ^Maicli 7. lS()(i, in Spai'laiishui'^, S. ('. lie 
roiiiovcd to Alal>aiiia in iS'Jii; and was many times in the k'^- 
islatui'c after 183!). lie was state eircniit jud^c in 181^5-57; 
and udvcrnnr III' Alaliania in lSr)7-()3. lie dieil Api'il 5, 187i{, 
in .Mai'idn. Ala. 

MOOin-:. CllAlvld-lS .\LKK'l-:i), mechanical eii-ineer, was 
born Jan. 81, 1852, in Pittston, Maine. He is a noted meclian- 
ieal engineer; and foi" many yeai's has l)een ehief enj^ineer of 
the Sontliern Power Station of the BrooUlyn liapid Ti-ansit 
CV)mi)anv of Brooklyn, N. V. 

MOOKE, C'lIARLks IIEXRY, physieian. sin-eon, was horn 
Dee. 7, 1857, in Alhany, N. Y. lie is ophthainiie and aural 
sur^-eon to tlie Ti'oy City lTos]>ita] ; and to the Alhany City 
lIosi)ital. lie is assistant instiiietor of the eye and ear in 
Albany Medieal College. 

.M()()KK, CHARLES HERBERT, educator, author, was 
lioi-n Api'il 10. 1840, in New Voi'k. He is a professor of art 
at llaryard uniyersiy. He is the author of Tlie Development 
and Character of (iothic Architecture ; and Examples for Ele- 
mentary Practice in Delineation. 

.MOO'RE, CHARLES LEONARD, hnvyer. diplomat, author, 
poet, was l)t)rn .Mai'cli KJ, 1854, in Philadeli)hia. Was Lnited 
States consular aj^ent at San Antonio, Brazil. He is the 
autiior of Poems Anti(pie and ]\lodern; Banquet of Palacios, 
a ('omiMJy: and A Book of Day Di'eams, a yolume of poems. 

AIOORE, MRS. CLARA JESSI'P, author, poet, was born 
Feb. 16, 1824, in Philadelphia. She lived nnicli abroad, 
mainly in Loiulon. She was the author of- ^Master Jacky's 
Holi(hiys: Fi'ank and Fanny; The Diamond Cross; ^Mabel's 
Mission; Poems and Stories; On Dangerous Cround, a novel; 
Gondaline's Lesson; Sensible p]tiquette; Slander and Gossip; 
Social Ethics; and The AVarden's Tale, and Other Poems. 
Slie died Jan. 5, 18!)!), in London, England. 

.MOORE, CLARENCE BLOO.MFIELD, arcliaeoloyist, au- 
tlioi-, was born Jan. 14. 1852, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the 
.lutlior of Certain Sand IMounds of the St. John's River, 
Florida: Certain Al)oriu'inal .Mounds of the Coast of South 
Carolina : and other similar works. 

.MOORE, CLEMENT CLARKE, educator, author, poet, 
was l)orn July 15, 1779, in New York City. He was an edu- 
cator of Ne\y York City and profi^ssor of oriental literatui'e in 
the General Theological seminary in 1821-G3. He was the 
author of a Hebrew- p]nglish Lexicon; and a volume of poems; 
l)ut is moi'e widely known as tlie authoi' of the famous poem, 



38 HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 



't"^ 



The Visit, of St. Nicholas. He died July 10, 1863, in New- 
port, K. I. 

MOORE, EDSON L., educator, was borii .July 26, 1860, in 
Wethersiield, N. Y. He is a noted educator of Nichols, N. Y. ; 
and is principal of schools in Nichols, N. Y. 

iMOORE, EDWARD SYME, physician, surgeon, orator, 
was born April 7, 1852, in New York City. He has been pres- 
ident of the board of education of Bay Shore, N. Y. ; was a 
ineniber of the first board of medical examiners of the state; 
and has for a number of years been coroner of the county. He 
is a member of a number of societies and associations; and is 
a noted orator and parliamentarian. 

MOORE, ELY, journalist, congressman. He was a repre- 
sentative in congress from New York in 1835-39. He was ap- 
pointed Indian agent in Kansas territory and at the time of 
his death was register of a land office in Kansas. He died 
Jan. 26, 1860. 

MOORE, E.^IERSON V., soldier, lawyer, was born Feb. 
14, 1868, in Shelby county, Ohio. In 1897-98 he was supreme 
chief of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. During the Span- 
ish-American war he was lieutenant and recruiting officer on 
the staff of Brig.-Gen. Rush T. Lincoln, lie is a prominent 
lawyer of Sidney, Ohio; and in 1901 he was mayor of his 
city. 

IMOORE, ERAS]MUS DARWIN, clergyman, author, was 
born Sept. 30, 1802, in Winsted, Conn. He was a congrega- 
tional minister and editor of Boston. He was the author of 
Life Scenes in Mission Fields; and The New Heart. He died 
in 1889 in Boston, Mass. 

MOORE, FLAVEL SHURTLEFF, physician, surgeon, 
was born Sept. 7, 1852, in Hanson, Mass. Since 1891 he has 
been physician to Gordon Rest Sanitarium of Hanson, Mass. ; 
and town physician since 1879. In 1883 he was lecturer on 
comparative anatomy at the college for physicians and sur- 
geons of Boston, Mass. He was one of the founders of Ma- 
quan Sanitarium. He is the author of scores of medical arti- 
cles, which have l)een a valuable acquisition to medical liter- 
ature. 

MOOKE, FRANK, author, was born Dec. 17, 1828, in Con- 
cord, N. H. He is a writer of New York City, and has edited 
a Cycloijedia of American P^loquence; and The Rebellion Rec- 
oi-d, and oilier compihitions. He is the author of AVomen of 
the War. 

MOORE, (JAliRlEL, congressman, governor, United 



lllSTOiaCAL AND BIOCIKAPIIICAL. 39 

States senator, was hoi-ii about 17!j(), in Stokes county, N. C. 
He was a rej)reseiitative in con^i-css from Alabama in 1822-29; 
j^ovcrnor of tlic state 1S2!I-."U; and rnited States senator in 
1831-37. He died June 9, 18-14, in Caddo, Texas. 

MOOlUv (iKOliCK FOOT, educator, author, was born Oct, 
15, 18r)l. in West CMu'ster, Pa. From 1883 to 1902 he was 
professor of llebi-ew in Anih)ver Tlie()U)gical seminary; since 
1902 professor in llarxard uiiixcrsity, Cambrid^;e, ^lass. He 
is the author of Connnentary on Judj,'es; The Book of Judges; 
The Book of Judires in llel)rew; and other similar works. 

MOOKF, (iKOKOF IIFXKY, author was born April 20, 
1823, in Concord, N. 11. lie was the superintendent of the 
Lenox library of New York City in 1872-92. He was the 
author of History of the Jurispi-udence of New York; Treason 
of Charles Lee; Notes on the History of Slavery in ]\lassa- 
chusetts; AVashington as an Angler; and P^mploynient of 
Negroes in the revolutionary army. He died May 5, 1892, in 
New York City. 

]M()OHE, CEOKGE R., banker, was born ;\Iarch 16, 1849, 
in Barnet, Vt. He is president of the First National Bank 
of Jackson, ^Minn. ; president of the Bank of Alpha, Minn. ; 
and a tlirector in the Banker's Casualty Company of Des 
Moines, Iowa, and in other corporations. He takes an active 
part in the financial and public affairs of his city, county and 
state. 

iMOORE, (iEORGE. WIXFIELD, educator, was born July 
31, 1859. in (Juthrieville, Pa. He is a prominent educator of 
Pennsylvania ; and superintendent of public schools of Ches- 
ter county. He resides in Ercildonn, Pa.: and contributes 
extensively to educational literature. 

MOOliE, HARRY C, dentist, druggist, was boru Feb. 1, 
1867, near Newark, Del. He is the proprietor of a drug store 
in Wilmington, Del. ; and also practices dentistry. He is 
active in business and pul)lic affairs; and has filled several 
positions of trust. 

MOORE, IIEMAN ALLlilN, lawyer, congressman, was 
born in 1810 in Plainfield, Vt. He was appointed adjutant- 
general of the Ohio state militia ; and Avas a representative in 
congress in 1843-44 He died April 3, 1844, in Columbus, 0. 

MOORE, HENRY, governor, was born, in 1713, in Jamaica, 
W. I. He was the only native colonist that was ever governor 
of New York. He died Sept. 11, 1769, in New York City. 

MOORE, HENRY' D., merchant, congressman, was boru 



40 HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 

April 17, 1817, in Goshen, N. Y. He was a representative 
in congress from Pennsylvania in 1849-53 ; and for several 
years after leaving congress was treasurer of Pennsylvania. 
MOORE, HENRY MILES, soldier, lawyer, legislator, jur- 
ist was born Sept. 2, 1826, in Brockport, N. Y. He was sec- 
retary of Leavenworth, and gave the place its name. In 1854 
he was elected attorney-general under the Topeka constitu- 
tion; and served two terms in the Kansas state legislature. 
For twenty-five years he was secretary of the democratic state 
central committee ; for four years was United States commis- 
sioner of Kansas ; for four years was United States adjutant- 
general of Kansas ; and served three years in the union army 
as captain, lieutenant and colonel. He is now judge of the 
city court of Leavenworth, Kan. 

MOORE, HOMER H., clergyman, was born March 10, 1820, 
in JMantua, Ohio. He is an eminent clergyman of Chautauqua, 
N. Y. ; and prominent in educational and religious affairs. 

MOORE, HORACE L., soldier, merchant, congressman, 
was born Feb. 25, 1837, in Mantua, Ohio. He enlisted as a 
private soldier in the second Kansas infantry in 1861 ; and 
served continuously until 1865, when he was nuistered out of 
the service as lieutenant-colonel of the fourth Arkansas cav- 
alry. He commanded the eighteenth and nineteenth regi- 
ments of Kansas cavalry in the United service, serving 
against the Indians on the plains in 1867-68. He was elected 
to the fifty third congress. He is now engaged in compiling 
a genealogy of the Moore family. 

MOORE, HORATIO NEWTON, author, was born in 1814 
in New Jersey. He was the author of Orlando, a tragedy; 
The Regicide, a drama; Memoir of the Duanes; Mary Morris, 
a novel; and Lives of Marion and Wayne. He died Aug. 26, 
1859, in Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOORE, J. HARVEY, physician, surgeon, ophthalmolo- 
gist. In 1882 he graduated from the Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege of Philadelphia, Pa. ; and subsequently for ten years took 
up a systematic study of the eyes. In 1894-99 he practiced in 
Atlanta, (Ja. Since 1899 he has been professor of ophthalmol- 
ogy in the American Medical College of St. Louis, j\Io. He is 
editor of the eye department of American Medical Journal; 
and is a f reciuent contributor to current medical literature. 

MOORE, J. I'ERCY, educator, zoologist, was born in Wil- 
liamsport. Pa., .May 17, 1869. Since 1892 he has been instruc- 
tor in zoology in the University of i'ennsylvania. He has 
published numerous papers on zoological subjects; and has 



lllSTOincAL AM) l'.l()(i|{AIMII(Ali. II 

made spcciiil iii\ csl iiiat Ions I'nr ('. S. l<'isli ( "oiiuiiissioM. 

MOOK'I':. -lACOU KAILKV. .jonnialist. author, was born 
Oct. '■'>]. 171)7, in Atidovor, N. II. IIi' was poslinastur 
of Sail FraiU'isiMt in 184!)-;'):?. He was the author of 
liaws ol Trade in tlic Initcd States; (ia/etleer of New Ilairip- 
shire; and Annals of ('oneoi'd. New Ilaiii[)shire. lie died 
Sept. 1. IS.");^. in Bellows Kalis. N. V. 

MOOKl'l. JA.MKS, ;^()\eiii()r, was itorii about KJ-iO in Ire- 
land, lie emigrated to America about Kiti'); settled in 
Charleston. S. ('. : and in ITttO was governor of the state. IIo 
died in IT'.^;) in ("harleston. S. V. 

MOOKK. .lA.MKS. soldier, was born in 17.S7, in Xew Han- 
over. X. ('. He served in the revolutionary war; and was 
proiiiotetl briuadier-general. lie was made eonnnauder-in- 
ehief of the southern department; and received the thanks of 
eon«:ii'ss. He died -Ian. 15, 1777, in Wilmington, N. C. 

.MOOKK. .lAMES A., eleruyman. He is jin eminent divino 
of Ohio, and now tills a pastorate in St. James" Chureh of 
Wvominir, Ohio. 

'MOOKE. JA.MKS T.. lawyer, was born in 1845. In 1875 
he was admitted to the bar: and now lias a lar^^'e pi'aetice in 
Missouri. He is promiiu-nt in the business and publie all'airs 
of Lebanon. Mo.; and has filled a number of positions of trust 
and honor. 

MOOKE. .lA.MKS \V.. educator, i)hysician. author, was born 
at Kaston. I'a., .Iiiiie 14. 1S44. He is the author of Elements 
of Natural I'hilosophy ; and nuiiierous lectures, addresses and 
papers on physics. 

AlOOKE, .1AM ES Z., lawyer, jurist, was born in Owens- 
boi'o, Ky. He is a prominent lawyer and counselor of AVash- 
ington at Spokane. He was a member of the constitutional 
convention which fi-amed the constitution under which Wash- 
ington was admitted into tlie union. He has served with dis- 
tinction as judue of the superior court; has been pro.seeuting 
attorney; and is now a member of the Board of Regents of 
the Universitv of Washiimton. 

:\l()OHE. JEIIIEL TTTTLE, phy.sician, .surgeon, lecturer, 
college president, was born Oct. 4, 1S48. in Ontario, Canada. 
For thirteen years he was dean of the Minneapolis college of 
physicians and surgeons, now medical department of Ham- 
liiii' university; lecturei- on theory and pi'aetice fen* the past 
nineteen vears; and its president since 18*J7. 

MOOKE. JESSE HALE, soldier, educator, clergyman, 
contrressman, was born .\pril L'2. 1S17. in St. Clair county, III. 



42 HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 

He served in the civil war; and was breveted a brigadier-gen- 
eral. After the war he re-entered the pnlpit, and was pre- 
siding elder at Decatur. He was a representative from Illi- 
nois to the forty-first and forty-second congresses. 

MOOKE, JOHN, state senator, congressman, was born in 
1788, in Berkeley county, Va. In 1825 he was a member of 
the Louisiana state legislature; and also served several years 
in the state senate. He was a representative in congress from 
Louisiana in 1841-43, and in 1851-53. He died in June, 1867, 
in Louisiana. 

MOORE, JOHN, Roman Catholic bishop, was born Jnne 
27, 1835, in Ireland. In 1877 he ^vas consecrated second 
bishop of St. Augustine, Fla. 

MOORE, JOHN I., lawyer, banker. He is president Peo- 
ples Savings Bank and Trust Company of Helena, Ark.; and 
is prominent in the business and public affairs of his city, 
county and state. 

]\IOORE, JOSEPH B., lawyer, jurist, state senator, was 
born Nov. 3, 1845, in Commerce, Mich. From 1868 he prac- 
ticed law in Lapeer, ]\licli., until elected circuit judge. For 
eight years he served as judge of the sixth judicial circuit. 
He has been mayor of Lapeer, and Avas state senator in 1878-80. 
He is justice of the sui^reme court of Michigan for term 
1896-1906. 

i\IOORE, JOSEPH EUGENE, lawyer, legislator, was born 
March 14, 1841, in Lisbon, Maine. He is one of the foremost 
lawyers of New England at Thomaston, Maine. He served 
for three terms as a member of the Maine state legislature; 
and in 1883 was on the commission to revise the statutes of 
Maine. In 1887-91 and 1895-99 he was collector of customs; 
and has filled a number of positions of trust and honor. 

MOORE, JOSEPH WEST, author. He is the author of 
Picturesque Washington; The American Congress; and A 
History of National Legislation and Political Events. 

MOORE, LABAN T., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was 
born Jan. 13, 1829, in Cabell county, Va. He was elected a 
representative from Kentucky to the thirty-sixth congress. 
He served as colonel in the aruiv during the civil war. 

MOOIiE, LITTLETON WILDE, soldier, jurist, congress- 
man, was born in 1835 in Alabama. He was elected to the 
coustitutional eoiiveution of Texas in 1875; and was district 
judge in 1876-85. lie was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first 
and fifty-second congresses as a democrat. 

:\I()()RE, LUMAN G., physician, surgeon. In 1873 he 






IIISTOUICAL AND I'.lOdKAPlIK^AL. 43 

^r}i(iua1i'<l I'roin llir Ijoii^ Ishiiid ("ollf'^c lluspilal ol" Hi'oitU- 
lyii. N. \'. Ill' lias hccii pi'i'sidciit of llic hoard ol" cdm-ation 
nf Kinsman. Oliin; and t icasufci' and linistt'L' of Kinsman 
township, lie has hccii president ol" Ihe 'rnimhull County 
Medical Soeiet y ; Tnited States pension examiner; and viee- 
presiilent of the Kinsman iJankiiif^' ('omi)any. II(.' is a j)roni- 
inent Mason; and active in the husiness and puhiie all'airs of 
his city, eoiinty ami stale. 

M()()KE, MAKSllALIi F.. <:ovei-nor. was horn in New 
York. He moved to Oiiio; anil was appointed from that statu 
jrovernor of the territory of Washin^'ton. residing at Olympia. 

MOORE. :\IAHTIN. eler-ryman. journalist, author, was 
horn April 'J2. ITIK), in Sterliui;. .Mass. lie edited the lioston 
Keeorder twenty yeai's; and in ISUl-tiG was a vicc-presidenl 
of the New En<,dand historic-genealogical society. He was the 
author of a History of Natiek; and Ijifo of John Eliot. He 
died March 12, 18Gt). in Cainhridge, Mass. 

^l(.)Ol\E, ^IILPjS C. hajdcer, governor, was horn April 17, 
1845, in Rix Mills, Ohio. Since 1863 he has resided in the 
state of AVashington ; and is now president of the Baker-Boyer 
National Bank of Walla Walla. He was the last territorial 
governor of Washington, serving until its statehood. 

^lOORE, NATHANIEL F., college president, author, was 
horn Dec. 'l^y, 1782, in Newton, L. I. In 1842-4!) he was presi- 
dent of Columbia college, lie was the author of Ancient Min- 
eralogy ; Lectures on Creek Language and Literature; An 
Introduction to LTniversal Grammar; and a Historical Sketch 
of Columbia (\)llege. He died April 7, 1872, in The High- 
lands (tn the Hud.son. 

MOOKE, NICHOLAS R., congressman. He was a repre- 
sentative in congress from ^Maryland in 1803-11 ami 1813-1(). 
He died in 181 (i in Baltimore. 

^lOOJxE, OlxKEN C, journalist, legislator, congn-ssman, 
was born Aug. 10, 1839, in New Hampton, N. II. He estab- 
lished the Nashua Daily Telegraph in 18()9. He served six 
terms in the lower branch of the New Hampshire legislature, 
and one term in the upper branch. He was elected to tlie 
fifty-first congress as a republican. 

MOORE, OSCAR F., congressman, was born in Ohio. He 
was a ?-e|)resentative in congivss fi-om Ohio in 1855-57. 

M(JORE. ]i. L., educator, college president, was born in 
(ilol)e, N. C. He is a prominent educator of North Carolina; 
and is president :\[ars Hill College of Mars Hill, N. C. 

MOOHK. KMCIIAIM) CIIANNINC clei--yman, bishop. 



44 HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 

was horn Aug. 21, 1762, in New York City. He accepted a 
call to St. Andrew's of Richmond, N. Y., which he held for 
twenty-one years. In 1808 he was a clerical deputy to the 
general convention of his church in Baltimore, Md., and was 
chairman of the committee on additions to its hymnal. In 
1809 he accepted the rectorship of St. Stephen's, New York 
City, where he remained for five years. He was consecrated 
bishop of Virginia in 1814. He died Nov. 11, 1841, in New 
York Citv. 

MOORE, RICHARD CHANNING, physician, surgeon, was 
born Nov. 25, 1841, in Quincy, 111. He graduated from Chi- 
cago Medical College, 111. ; and is now a prominent physician 
of Omaha, Neb. In 1864 he was acting assistant surgeon in 
the United States army. In 1876 he was city physician of 
Omaha, Neb. In 1887 he was president of the Nebraska State 
Medical Society ; and in 1901 was elected president of the 
Medical Society of the Missouri Valley. 

MOORE, RICHARD FRANCIS, clergyman, founder, was 
born July 26, 1858, in Hartford, Conn. As a church builder 
and organizer he is well known in New England; and in his 
diocese he has organized three parishes and equipped them 
with costly edifices. He is rector of St. Joseph's Church of 
New Britain, Conn. ; and contributes extensively to religious 
literature. 

MOORE, RICHARD M., physician, surgeon. In 1873 he 
graduated from the University of Buffalo, N. Y. ; and is now 
a prominent physician of Rochester, N. Y. He was commis- 
sioner of board of health of that city. 

]\IOORE, ROBERT, congressman, was born in Washington 
county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Penn- 
sylvania in 1817-21. 

' MOORE, ROBERT A., manufacturer, was born May 11, 
1846. He is the manager of the Moore Manufacturing Com- 
pany of Springfield, Mo. He is known throughout the United 
States as a successful manufacturer of church, school and 
opera furnishings. 

MOORE, ROBERT ELLIS, physician, surgeon, was born 
March 17, 1848, in Sumner county, Tenn. In 1868 he grad- 
uated from the medical department of the University of 
Nashville, Tenn. He has attained success in the practice of 
medicine in Orlinda, Tenn.; and has filled a number of posi- 
tions of tru.st and honor. 

MOORE, S. ]\IcD., soldier, congressman, was born in Vir- 
ginia. He was a I'cpresentative in congress from Virginia in 



IllSTOHirAL AND IUOf!l{Anil(!AL. 45 

188.S-85; aiul scr-\f(| in tlir (Miiifcdcriilf ;ii-iiiy tliirin^' llio civil 
war. 

.M<)()I\I-]. SA.Mrilli. physician. coiiirrossniaTi, was ])orn Feb. 
\K IT'.Hi. in riiiladflpliia. Ta. In IS^.")-:}:? he was a incnihcr of 
the Vir^'inia l('<rislatui'('; and was a rcprcsontative in congress 
ill 1S;};^.'{^). lie dii'd Scpl. it, ISTf). in Lcxiiij^tdii. \'a. 

MOOUMv STHWAirr LKSIJl-:. railroad iiiaiia-rcr, was horn 
F('l). (i, IS.");}, in l*]fii'. I*a. In 1S7I> In- eiilcri'd railway service 
with tile Northern I'acilir Kailwav Company; and since 1887 
has been jrenei-al IriM^dil a^'cnt of that corporation, witli head- 
(|iiart('i's at St. Paul. Minn. 

.MOOKK. SVI)I-:N1I.\.M Iv. soldici-, lawyer, jurist, congres,s- 
nian, was horn in Kiitin'rl'ord county, Tcnii. For six years he 
was jud^e t>i' the county court of (Jrcene county, Ala.; and for 
a short time also of llie circuit court of that state. lie re- 
signed his judp'ship. and went to Mexico as cai)tain of a 
volunteer company. On his return home he was elected brif^a- 
dier-<;eneral of militia. lie was a member of the thirty-fifth 
and thirty-sixth eonirresses. lie also took ]inrt in the civil war 
as a colonel. 

]\IO()RE, TlIO^l AS, eon<iTessnuin. lie was a representative 
in conjxrcss from South Carolina in 1801-18 and 1815-17. 

MOOHK, TIKXAIAS J., planter, state senator, Avas born 
Api'il 1'!), 184:i in Spartanburg' county, S. C. He is a success- 
ful planti'r in his native county; and for twenty years was 
chairman of the board of commissioners of the state institu- 
tion for the education of deaf and blind, lie has served as a 
member of the South C'arolina house of representatives; and as 
a member of the state* senate. He has been president of the 
state a«j;ricultural and mechanical society; and is a prominent 
leader in the industi-ial advancement of his county and state. 

.MOOK'K, THOMAS OVEKTOX. planter, «,^)vernor. was 
born in North Carolina. He settled in Rapides Parish as a 
cotton planter: in 1856 was elected to the state senate of 
Louisiana: and in 18fi{)-()4 was (^lect(Ml frovernor. lie died in 
June, I87t), in Rapide Parish, La. 

MOOHE, THOMAS PATRICK, soldier, diplomat, congress- 
man, was born in 1797, in Charlotte county, Va. He was a 
member of con<rress in lS2.'?-2!> from Kentucky: and was min- 
ister to the rcpul)lic of Colombia in 182!>. He was lieutenant- 
colonel in the regular army during the war with. ^Mexico; and 
his last public position was that of a member of the conven- 
tion for revising the constitution of Kentucky. He died July 
21. 1858, in llarrodsburg, Kv. 



46 ITISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 

]\IOOKE, THOMAS S., congressman, was born in Jefferson 
county, Va. He was a rei)resentative in congress from Vir- 
ginia "in 1820-2;i 

:M00RE, TII0:\IAS VERNON, clergyman, author, was 
born Eeb. 1, 1818, in Newville, Pa. He was a presbyterian 
minister of Nashville in 1868-71. He was the author of Last 
Words of Jesus; God's University, or the AA^orld a School; 
The Culdee Church ; Corporate Life of the Church ; and The 
Last Days of Jesus. He died Aug. 5, 1871, in Nashville, Tenn. 

]\IOORE, THOMAS WATSON, soldier, banker, legislator, 
was born March 22, 1825, in Allegheny county. Pa. During 
the civil war he attained the rank of colonel. He is a success- 
ful real estate dealer and banker of Marietta, Ohio, in which 
city he is vice-president of the Fii*st National Bank. He has 
served two terms in the Ohio state legislature; and has filled 
a number of positions of trust and honor. 

JNIOORE, WILLIAIM, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was 
born Dec. 25, 1810, in Montgomery county, Pa. He was twice 
elected a .judge of the court of common pleas for Atlantic 
county, N. J., serving in all ten years. He was elected a repre- 
sentative from New Jersey to the fortieth and forty-first 



congresses. 



]\IOORE, WILLIAM EVES, clergyman, author, was born 
April 1, 1823, in Strasburg, Pa. He was a Presbyterian 
clergyman of Columbus, Ohio from 1872 ; and for forty years 
was a prominent leader in his church. He was the author of 
New Digest of the General Assembly; and The Presbyterian 
Digest. He died June 5, 1899, in Columbus, Ohio. 

1\I00RE, WILLIAM HAYES, clergyman, was born April 
19, 1861, in Colora, Md. His family settled before the revo- 
lution in Cecil county, Md. He has attained eminence as a 
Presbyterian divine. He has filled pastorates in New London, 
Doylestown, Pa. ; at Denver, Colo. ; and now fills a pastorate in 
the Presbyterian Church at Sante Fe, N. M. 

MOORE, WILLIAM OLIVER, physician, surgeon, was 
born Dec. 8, 1851, in Newtown, N. Y. In 1872 he graduated 
from the college of physicians and surgeons of New York 
City. In 1883-89 he was professor of diseases of the eye and 
ear in the medical department of the University of Vermont; 
and in 1887-92 filled the same chair in the Woman's Medical 
College of the New York Infirmary. Since 1885 he has been 
visiting ophthalmic surgeon to several institutions in New 
York City. He is the author of nuiiuM'ous papers, which have 
been a valuable acquisition to medical literature. 



IIIS'l'oUh'AL AM) l;l<»<ii;Arill( AL. 47 

MOOlvi:. WILLIAM li()hl':in\ incrcliaul, conf,'rossmaii. 
Miitliof, piK't. was 1)1)111 Mai-cli "JS. 1S:?(). in Iliintsvillc, Ala. 
lie was I'li'c'lt'd a rcprcst'iitativc from 'rfiuiesscc to the forty- 
si'ViMith congress as a it'puljlican. lie is the author of Com- 
mon Sense and ("ominoii Honesty; The Fakir lioy; Christmas 
( 'ai'ol ; and other works. 

MOOHK. \V1LLL\.M S.. .journalist, conirressman, was born 
Nov. 18, 1S22. in Hethk'liem. Ta. He was elected to the forty- 
third eoJi^ress from Pennsylvania as a republiean. 

.MOORL. \VnjJA:\r. TH():\1AS, elerL'yman. journalist, 
author, was horn An^'. 27, LS;{'J, in Henry eounty. Ky. He 
is the author of Views of Life; and Living Pulpit of the 
( 'hristian Chnreh. 

MOOHH. WH.LIS LUTH EK.. journalist, metooroloirist. was 
born Jan. 18. 18r)(), in Scranton, Pa. During the eivil war 
he joined his father with Grant's army, and sold papers to 
the troops in the fi(>ld. lie became a printer, and subsequently 
was a journalist on the Pnrliiigton TTawkeye of Towa. In 
187(i he entered the United States signal corps; and ten years 
later was promoted to the grade of observer sergeant in recog- 
nition of his skill in devising new mechanical appliances. In 
1892 he was appointed h^-al forecast official in chai-ge of the 
meteorological oflice in ]Milwauki»e, Wis.; and in 181)8 became 
professor of meteorology in the United States AVeather 
Bureau. In 1894-96 he was forecast official for the upper 
lakes at Chicago: and since 1895 has been chief of the weather 
bureau at "Washington. D. C. 

.MOOHE. ZUIXOLIUS, educator, college president, minis- 
ter of Church of Christ, was born in 1862, in Belmont county, 
Ohio. He was raisc^d on a farm •, and was (^Incated at Bethany, 
W. \'a. He is a prominent educator of ^lissouri; and is presi- 
dent of the Central Christian College of Albany, Mo. 



ORIGIN OF rilE SURNAME. tO 

All proper nruiics had oris^inallv a peculiar and 
appropriate meaning. Some persons mii^lit feel dis- 
posed to argue that there is nothing in the ordinary 
course of things to prevent the giving of names from 
sheer whim and without any meaning; but it is ([uitc 
as dilhjult to imagine the absence of motive and of 
fixed guiding principles in the choice of a name as it 
is in any other matter. It would be contrary to Man's 
nature to denote the object of his thoughts by sounds 
which produce no impression upon his memory, no 
representative idea in his mind. If the principle 
asserted, then, hold good in the matter of common 
nouns, much more must it be true with regard to the 
proper name, whose characteristic is, as we have said, 
that it places under our very eyes as it were, the 
individual object to which it is applied. 

That some definite idea should belong to the name 
when uttered, is so much needed by men in general 
that the natives of North America are in the habit of 
giving a name selected from their own language to 
any stranger deemed worthy of ^their especial notice. 
To them his own name does not sufiijiently describe 
him, because it probably conveys no idea connected 
with his physical appearance. An anecdote is related 
of the Imaum of Muscat who when about to appoint 
a private phvsician asked his name. " Vincenzo," was 
the physician's reply. Not understanding it, the prince 
requested that its meaning should be explained in 
Arabic. The Italian gave the meaning, as Mansour, 
or Victorious, and the prince delighted with the hapj^y 
omen offered by the name, ever after called him 
"Sheik Mansour." 

If we glance next at the records of travellers in 
distant countries, we shall find that whether they l)e 
piivate individuals or men engaged in scientific in- 
(|uiry, they never give a name to a people, a country, 



50 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

an island, or an unknown rock, without some deft 
nite reason. Some allusion is made in it to physical 
conformation, to dress, to customs, to external pecu- 
liarities, or to certain circumstances which made the 
discovery a remarkable one. This natural habit has 
rarely been deviated from except when a desire has 
been felt to erect some geographical monument on 
distant shores, in honor of some denizen of the heavens; 
or to record, in a lasting form, some contemporary 
event, or the name of some contemporary character 
of distinction; or, lastly, to perpetuate the memory 
of a benefactor of his kind, and to testify of a na- 
tion's gratitude to a fellow-countryman of great pre- 
eminence. The long catalogue of proper names, with 
a meaning, which may yet be found among our older 
nations, in spite of mixture and corruption of races; 
and the longer catalogue disclosed by etymological 
inquiry, fully bear out these remarks. Schegel, a very 
learned philosopher, has traced descriptive epithets in 
almost all Hindoo names. So marked was the exist- 
ence of these meanings among the Hebrews, that 
their literature is strangely tinged by their influence. 
The older names among the Arabs, and those since 
introduced into general use, are highly significative; 
the face is acknowledged in the case of Grecian names, 
and the remark is equally true of all names derived 
from Teutonic origin. The most distant nations in 
our own more immediate circle of civilization exhibit 
no difference in this respect. Most of the natives of 
North America are named after some animal; during 
their lifetime they receive another title when they 
have earned it by some deed of daring, which it ex- 
plains and of which it is the token. The name of a 
most powerful chief in one of the Marquesas Islands, 
contains an allusion to the shape of a canoe, in the 
management of which he excelled. Thunder is the 



ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 51 

name of the King of the Chenooks, a warlike tril)e 
who hve on the left Ijank of the river Columbia. The 
Kamtehadales, Koriakes, and Kuriles, have all of 
them significant names. 

SURNAMES. 

In the first ages of the world a single name was 
suffieient for each individual; and that name was 
generally invented for the person, in alhision to the 
circumstances attending his birth, or to some personal 
quality he possessed, or which his parents fondl}' 
hoped he might in future possess. 

Christian names being given in infancy, and by 
friends and relatives, cannot, as a general rule, have 
bad significations, or be associated with crime or mis- 
fortune. It is otherwise, however, with surnames. 
These will be found to be of all shades, from the best 
to the worst, the most pleasing to the most ridiculous. 
They originated later in life, after the character and 
habits of the individual had been formed, and after 
he had engaged in some permanent occupation, trade, 
or pursuit. They were given by the community in 
which he dwelt — by enemies as well as by friends. 

The first approach to the modern s\'stem of 
nomenclature is found in the assumption of the name 
of One's Sire in addition to his own proper name ; 
as Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Sometimes the adjunct 
expressed the country or profession of the bearer ; 
sometimes some excellence or blemish ; as Diogenes 
the C\'nic ; or Dionysius the Tyrant. 

A mother's name, that of a parent, or of some 
remoter ancestor more illustrious than the father, 
have in the same wav been used to form new names. 
A like attention has been paid to sentiments of friend- 
ship and gratitude. Sometimes the wife's name be- 
came the husband's surname. The name of the tribe 



52 ORIGIN OP THE SURNAME. 

or people to which a man belonged might also be- 
come a surname. If an3^ particular name described 
the locality of a man's residence or propert3', it may 
serve the same purpose. Personal acts and qualities 
have given rise to a great variety of surnames. 

Surnames are traceable to several chief sources. 
There will be seen evidences in physical and political 
geographj^ that the designations of countries, moun- 
tains, rivers, districts, towns, villages, hamlets, are all 
associated with the names of persons whom w^e daily 
meet, suggesting to the thoughtful mind most inter- 
esting topics regarding the histories of families and 
places. 

Though the majority of our ancient family names 
are territorial, we have many large classes of excep- 
tions, and the origin of most of them is not at all 
doubtful. 

Surnames can scarcely be said to have been per- 
manently settled before the era of the Reformation. 
The keeping of parish registers was probably more 
instrumental than anything else in settling them; for 
if a person were entered under one name at baptism, 
it is not likel3' he would be married under another 
and buried under a third ; in some instances, prior to 
the keeping of parish registers, persons were recorded 
as having different names at different periods of their 
life. As to the derivations of surnames, it should be 
remembered, that places were named before families. 
You have only to examine any of those names which 
serve for lands and also for persons, to see this plainly. 
If you found the name of Cruickshanks, or Prettj-- 
man, Black-mantle, or Great-head, 3'ou would not 
hesitate. These are evidentlv coined for persons, and 
you find no such names of land, or for the double 
purpose. But then 3^ou can have as little doubt that 
names like Church-hill, Green-hill, Hazel-wood, Sandi- 



OR mix OF THE SFRXAMU. 53 

l.'inds, wcvQ first <:[ivcn in jilaccs ; and when \-on find 
tlicni borne both by land and jx'rsons, yon will con- 
chule the persons took them Ironi the territories. In 
general then, when a jilaee and a family have the 
same name it is the plaee that f^ves the name to the 
people, not the family to the place. This nik-, which 
will not be dispnted by any one who has bestowed 
some study or thoui^ht on the subject, has very few 
exeej^tions. 

There is a class of fables, the invention of a set 
of bunglin.i2^ genealogists, who, by a process like that 
which heralds call canting — catching at a sound — pre- 
tend that the Douglases had their name from a Gaelic 
word, said to mean a dark gray man, but which 
never could be descriptive of a man at all; that the 
Forbeses were at first called For beast, because they 
killed a great bear; that Dalyell is from a Gaelic 
word, meaning "I dare;" that the Guthries were so 
called from the homely origin of gutting three had- 
docks for King David the Second's entertainment, 
when he landed very hungry on the Brae of Bervie 
from his French voyage. These clumsy inventions of 
a late age, if they were really meant to be seriously 
credited, disappear wdien we find from record that 
there were verv ancient territories, and even parishes, 
of Douglas, Forbes, Dalvell, and Guthrie, long before 
the names came into use as family-- surnames. 

It was formerly customary to receive names from 
ancestors by compounding their name with a word 
indicating filial relationship. Names so compounded 
were termed patrom-mics, from Pater: father, and 
Onoma : a name — father being used in the sense of 
ancestor. When personal names merged into family 
appellations, patron^-mics became obsolete; or, more 
correctly, ceased to be formed. Before this change 
was cftccted, in case a man was called Dennis: bom 



54 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME, 

on* the Day of St. Dennis, sometimes his eldest son 
would be called Dennison, which in some cases, be- 
came Tennyson; and a man from a village in which 
was a church dedicated to St. Dennis ^.vas called 
Dennistoun. After the period in which descriptive 
names flourished, each of his children, whether male 
or female, would be called Dennis, so that this be- 
came literally a patronj^mic, inasmuch as it was a 
name received from a father. Howbeit, only those 
names that were taken from a parent when such 
was not the rule are called patronymics. Personal 
names lead the van as to all others, and are the 
basis of half their successors. Long after personal 
names were almost as widely diffused as persons, we 
find patronj^mics coming into use, the offspring of 
necessity arising out of lTlultiplicit3^ 

But when we come to realize that nearly one- 
third of Englishmen were known either by the name 
of William or John about the year 1300, it will be 
seen that the pet name and nick form were no freak, 
but a necessity. We dare not attempt a category, 
but the surnames of to-daA^ tell us much. Will was 
quite a distinct 3'outh from Willot, Willot from Wil- 
mot, Wilmot from Wilkin, and Wilkin from Wilcock. 
There might be half a dozen Johns about the farm- 
stead, but it mattered little so long as one was called 
Jack, another Jenning, a third Jenkin, a fourth Jack- 
cock (now Jacox as a surname), a fifth Brownjohn, 
and sixth Micklejohn, or Littlejohn, or Properjohn 
(i.e., well-built or handsome). 

The first name looking like a patronymic is ante- 
diluvian, viz., Tubal-Cain: flowing out from Cain, as 
though O'Cain, given to intimate pride in relation- 
ship to Cain. During the Israelitish theocracy Gentile 
patronymics Avere in common use, as Hittites from 
Heth, but those personal came in later. As soon, 



56 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

however, as the New Testament opens we meet with 
Bar-Jonah, Bar-Abbas, names received from fathers in 
the conventional patronymical sense. It is, therefore, 
manifest that the chronology of patronymics, the 
period of their formation, lies about midway between 
primitive ages and time current. 

The Saxons sometimes bestowed honorable appel- 
lations on those who had signalized themselves by 
the performance of any gallant action, like the Ro- 
man Cognomina. Every person conversant wnth the 
history of those times wnll call to mind that England 
was much infested with wolves, and that large re- 
wards w^ere given to such as were able by force or 
stratagem, to subdue them. To kill a wolf was to 
destroy' a dangerous enemy, and to confer a benefit 
on societ3^ Hence several Saxon proper names, ending 
in ulph and wolf, as Biddulph, the wolf-killer, or 
more properly 'Svolf-compeller," and some others; 
but these, among the common people at least, did 
not descend from father to son in the manner of 
modem surnames. 

Another early species of surname adjunct is the 
epithet Great, as Alexander the Great; with words 
expressive of other qualities, as Edmund Iron-side, 
Harold Hare -foot ; and among the kings of Norway 
there w^as a Bare-foot. France had monarchs named 
Charles the Bald, Louis the Stutterer, and Philip the 
Fair. 

As society advanced more in refinement, partly for 
euphony, and partly for the sake of distinction, other 
names came into common use. 

Modern nations have adopted various methods of 
distinguishing families. The Highlanders of Scotland 
emplo3'ed the sirename with Mac, and hence our Mac- 
donalds and Macartys, meaning respectively the son 
of Dontdd and of Arthur. 



OR mix or Tin- sfRXAMi:. 57 

it would, however, be prejiostcrous t(^ iiiui;^inc 
that surnanies universally prevailed so early as the 
eleventh century. We have overwhelming evidence 
that they did not; and must admit that although the 
Norman Conquest did much to introiluce the i>ractice 
of using them, it was long before they became very 
common. The occasional use of surnames in England 
dates beyond the ingress of the Normans. Surnames 
were taken up in a very gradual manner by the great, 
(both of Saxon and Norman descent) during the ele- 
venth, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries. 63^ the mid- 
dle of the tw^elfth, however, it appears that they were 
(in the estimation of some) necessary a])pcndages to 
families of rank, to distinguish them from those of 
meaner extraction. 

The unsettled state of surnames in those early 
times renders it a difficult matter to trace the pedi- 
gree of any famih- be\'ond the thirteenth century. In 
Cheshire, a count}^ remarkable for the number of its 
resident families of great antiquit3', it was ver}- usual 
for younger branches of the famih', laying aside the 
name of their father, to take their name from the 
place of their residences, and thus in three descents 
as man\' surn^imes are found in the same famih'. 
This remark ma3^ be forcibl^^ illustrated by reference 
to the earlv pedigree of the famih' of Fitz-Hugh, 
which name did not settle down as a fixed appellative 
until the time of Edward III. 

Although most towns have borrow-ed their names 
from their situation and other respects, yet with some 
apt termination have derived their names from men; 
as Edwardston and Alfredstone. But these were from 
forenames or christian names, and not from sire 
names; and even almost to the ]icriod of the con- 
quest forenames of men were generally given as names 
of places. 



58 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

The Normans are thought to have been the first 
to introduce the practice of fixed surnames among us; 
and certain^ a Httle while before the conquest, some 
of these adventurers had taken family names from 
their chateaux in Normandy, "Neither is there any 
village in Normandy," says Camden, "that gave not 
denomination to some familj^ in England." The French 
names introduced into England at the conquest may 
generally be known by the prefixes de, du, des, de, la, 
St.; and by the suffixes font, ers, fant, deau, age, 
mont, ard, aux, bois, ly, eux, et, val, court, vaux, 
lay, fort, ot, champ, and dille, most of which are 
component parts of proj^er names of places, as every 
one may convince himself by the slightest glance at 
the map of Northern France. But that these Norman 
surnames had not been of long standing is very cer- 
tain, for at the Conquest it was only one hundred 
and sixty years since the first band of Northmen 
row^ed up the Seine, under their leader Hrolf, whom 
our history books honor with the theatrical name of 
Rollo, but who w^as known among his people as 
"Hrolf the Ganger." 

But whether in imitation of the Norman lords, or 
from the great convenience of the distinction, the use 
of fixed surnames arose in France about the year 
1000; came into England sixty years later, or with 
the Norman Conquest; and reached Scotland, speak- 
ing roundly, about the year 1100. 

The first example of fixed surnames in any num- 
ber in England, are to be found in the Conqueror's 
Valuation Book called Domesday. "Yet in England," 
again to quote the judicious Camden, "certain it is, 
that as the better sort, even from the Conquest, by 
little and little took surnames, so they were not set- 
tled among the common people fully until about the 
time of Edward the Second." 



ORIGIN OF run surname. 59 

Those dasliinsj: Norman adventurers introdueed to 
the British Isle the custom of chivalry and the sur- 
names thev had adopted from their paternal castles 
across the channel. They made a ra^e for kni^dit- 
hood and turned the ladies' heads. An En^^lish prin- 
cess declined to marry a suitor who "had not two 
names." Henrv I wished to marry his natural son 
Robert to Alabel, one of the heiresses of Fitz-IIamon. 
The lad\' demurred : 

*' It were to me a great shame 
To have a lord withouten his twa name." 

Wherevipon King Henr3^ gave him the surname of 
Fitzro}', which means son of a king. 

The era of fixed surnames does not rest only on 
the authority' of Camden. It can be proved by a 
thousand records, English and Scotch. It is almost 
sufficiently proved when it can be shown the race of 
Stuart — alread}^ first of Scotch families in opulence 
and power, distinguished by no surnames for several 
generations after the Norman Conquest. Much later 
the ancestors of the princely line of Hamilton were 
known as Walter Fitz-Gilbert, and Gilbert Fitz-Walter, 
before it occurred to them to assume the name their 
kinsmen had borne in England. But surnames were 
undoubtedly first used in the twelfth century, and 
came into general use in the following one. 

THE SAXON PATRONYMIC 

Was formed b}' adding ing to the ancestor's name, as 
^Ifreding, which means Alfred's son ; the plural for 
which is yElfredingas. 

THE ENGLISH PATRONYMIC, 

Which is exceedingly common, is generally indicated by 
afiixing son to the name of a progenitor, and is in- 



60 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

capable of being used in a plural form or in the gen- 
eric sense. For instance, Gibson, a son of Gibbs, a 
contraction for Gilbert. Munson, a son of Munn, a 
contraction of Edmund. 

DE AND MAC 

Are from the Latin word De, which means of. This is 
a Patronymical sign common to French, Italian, and 
even German names. Thus Deluc, \vhich means of 
Luke. Dwight means of Wight; and De Foe means 
of the Faith. 

FITZ. 

Fitz stands for Filius, a son, and received through 
the Normans. 

VAN AND YON. 

Corresponding more or less closely with de, ac, is 
the Dutch van, and usually applied with the force of 
the, as Vandersteen, which means of the stone, hill, 
froin wdiich have sprung Folli, Fell, Knox. Vander- 
velde means of the field ; Van Meter means living on 
hired land; and Vandeveer means of the ferry. 

THE WELSH PATRONYMIC 

Is a form of the Celtic ineans mac, which the Cam- 
brian people made Mab or Map, and shortening it to 
a letter b, p, or its cognate f, gave it work to do as a 
patron3^mical prefix. Thus, Probart, son of Robert ; 
Probyn, son of Robin ; Blake, son of Lake ; Bowen, 
son of Owen ; Price, son of Rice or Rheese ; Priddle, 
son of Riddle; and Prichard, son of Richard. 

MILESIAN PATRONYMIC. 

The Highlanders, Irish and Welsh hold mac in 
common. The Welsh delight to have it in the forms 
of mab, map, ap, hop, b, p, f. In Irish names mac 



ORIGIN OP rilE SURNAME. ''^ 

tends toward mng\ ma, and c. But Scotland took 
most lovin<^ly to mac. The Milesians found a greater 
charm in Eoj^han : a son, Ibrmiui^ iin, and that used 
as O in the sense oi eldest son, lor he only was al- 
lowed to use it. The Irish developed a patronymic 
out of their Erse treasifi'v more elastic and poetic 
than the Gaelic tunc. The Celtic for young, offspring 
son, is, as above given, coj^hnn, whence Egan for 
Hugh, cogluin : son of Plugli; and also Flanegan, son 
of Elan. 

THE GALLIC PATRONYMIC 

Is nine, meaning a son; and O from eogban, for a fir«t- 
born son. The Gaels also had a ])atronymical affix 
derived from eoghnn, known as ncli, och, tlie sou/ce 
of our ock, as seen in hillock, which means little hill. 

THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE PATRONYxMIC 

Is formed b^' nz, or ez affixed. The two \vords are vari- 
ations of the tail Filius, a son ; as Alvarez, son of 
Alva ; and Enriquez, son of HenrN'. 

THE ITALIAN PATRONYMIC 

Was sometimes formed bv placing the name of a son 
before the name of his father, as Galileo Galilei, which 
means Galileo, the son of Galilei ; Speron Speroni, 
which means Speron, the son of Speroni, 

THE RUSSIAN PATRONYMIC 

Is itch for a son ; and of, cf or if for a grandson or 
descendant. Romanovitch Jouriff: son of Romain, 
grandson of Jour\- ; and Romanoff, descended from 
Romain, son of Rome. 



62 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

THE MODERN GREEK PATRONYMIC 

Assumes the forms pulos, soula, as in the name Nicol- 
opulos, son of Nicholas. 

THE GERMAN, DUTCH, SWEDISH, AND LAPLAND PA- 
TRONYMIC 

Are sohn, zen, sen, son, zoon, and dotter, such as Men- 
delssohn, son of Mendel; Thorwaldsen, son of Thor- 
wald ; and Larsdotter, son of Lars. 

LITHUANIAN PATRONYMIC 

Is aitis, ait or at, used as affix, thus, Adomaitis, mean- 
ing a son of Adam. 

THE HINDOSTANEE PATRONYMICS 

Is putra, added as an affix ; as occurs in Rajaputra, 
son of a king. 

THE CHINESE PATRONYMIC 

Is tse, or se, used as an affix, as Kung-fut-se, which 
means Kung, the son of Fo ; and Yang-tse-Kiang. 
river, son of the ocean. 

THE LATIN PATRONYMIC 

Is ilius, as Hostilius, son of Hostis. 

THE GREEK PATRONYMIC 

Is idas, modified to Ida, ides, id, i, od. For instance, 
Aristides, son of Ariston. 

THE HEBREW PATRONYMIC 

Proper is ben, from the word Eben, a stone. The Chal- 
dees used Bar in the sense of lofty, elevated, superior, 
which was primarily applied to eminence, and is iden- 
tical with our Barr. As Barzillai, son of Zillai; Ben- 
Joseph, son of Joseph. 



ORIGIN OF Tin: SURNAME. 0:5 

KIM. 

The primary sense ot kin seems to have been rela- 
tionship: from thence family'- or otTsprinij. 

The next meanin.L!^ acquired by kin was child, or 
"3'oan<T^ one." We still speak in a diminutive sense 
of a manikin, kiUlerkin, pipkin, lambkin, jerkin, mini- 
kin (little Minion), or Doitkin. 

Terminations in kin were slightly going down in 
popular estimation when the Hebrew invasion made 
a clean sweep of them. They found shelter in Wales, 
however, and directories preserve in their list of sur- 
names their memorial forever. 

In proof of the popularity of kin are the surnames 
of Simpkinson, Hopkins, Dickens, Dickinson, Watkins, 
Hawkins, Jenkinson, Atkinson, and all the rest. The 
patronymics ending in kins got abbreviated into kiss, 
kes, and ks. Hence the origin of our Perkes, Purkiss, 
Hawkes, and Hawks, Dawks, Jenks, Juckes, and Jukes 
(Judkins). 

IN OR ON. 

This diminutive, to judge from the Paris Director}', 
must have been enormously popular with the French. 
England's connection with Normand^^ and France 
generally brought the fashion to the English Court, 
and in habits of this kind the English folk quickly 
copied. Terminations in kin and cock were confined 
to the lower orders first and last. Terminations in 
on or in and ot or ct, were the introduction of fash- 
ion, and being under patronage of the highest families 
in the land, naturally obtained a much wider popu- 
larit}'. 

OT AND ET. 

These are the tenninations that ran first in favor for 
many generations. 



64 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

This diminutive ot et is found in the Enghsh lan- 
guage in such words as poppet, jacket, lancet, ballot, 
gibbet, target, gigot, chariot, latchet, pocket, ballet. 
In the same waj^ a little page became a paget, and 
hence among our surnames Smallpage, Littlepage, 
and Paget. 

Coming to baptism, we find scarcel3^ a single 
name of any pretentions to popularitj^ that did not 
take to itself this desinence. The two favorite girl- 
names in Yorkshire previous to the Reformation were 
Matilda and Emma. Two of the commonest sur- 
names there to-da}" are Emmott and Tillot, with such 
variations as Emmett and Tillett, Emmotson and 
Tillotson. 

Of other girl-names we may mention Mabel, which 
from Mab became Mabbott; Douce became Doucett 
and Dowsett; Gillian or Julian, from Gill or Jill 
(whence Jack and Jill), became Gillot, Juliet, and 
Jowett; Margaret became Margett and Margott, and 
in the north Magot. 

NAMES DERIVED FROM OCCUPATIONS AND PURSUITS. 

After these local names "the most in number have 
been derived from Occupations or Professions." 

The practice of borrowing names from the various 
avocations of life is of high antiquity. Thus the Ro- 
mans had among them many persons, and those too 
of the highest rank, who bore such names as Figulus, 
Pictor, and Fabritius, answering to the Potters and 
Pa^mters, of our own times. These names became 
hereditary, next in order after the local names, about 
the eleventh and twelfth centuries. As local names 
generally had the prefix de or at, so these frequently 
had k, as Stephen le Spicer, and Walter le Boucher. 



ORKux or Tin: .svt.v.i.u/;. 65 

KA.MHS 1)1:K1VI:I) I-KOM DIC.NITIICS, civil. AND KCCl-KSI- 

astical; and from officks. 

The same jirinciplc which introduced surnames l)or- 
rowed from trades and occupations led to the a(h)p- 
tit)n of the names of di^^nities and offices, wliich also 
became hereditary; as Emperor, King, Prince, Duke, 
Earle, Pope, Bishop, Cardinal, etc. 

SURNAMES DERIVED FROM PERSONAL AND MENTAL 

QUALITIES. 

These seem to form one of the most obvious sources 
of surnames, and a prolific source it has been. Noth- 
ing would be more natural at the first assumption 
of surnames, than for a person of dark complexion 
to take the name of Black or Blackman, a tawny 
one that of Browne, and a pale one that of White 
or Whiteman. But it was not from the head alone 
that names of this description were taken, for we 
have, in respect of other personal qualities, our Longs 
and our Shorts, our Strongs and our Weaklys, and 
our Lightfoots and our Heavisides, with many more 
whose meaning is less obvious. Among the names 
indicative of mental or moral qualities, we have our 
Hardys and Cowards, our Livelys and our Sullens, 
our Brisks and our Doolittles; and Brainliead, which 
later became Brainerd. 

SURNAMES DERIVED FROM CHRISTIAN NAMES. 

Evervbodv must have remarked the great number 
of names of this kind. Who does not immediately 
call to mind some score or two of the name of Ed- 
wards, Johnson, Stevens, and Harrison, in the circle 
of his acquaintance. Many of the christian forenames 
of our ancestors were taken up without any addi- 



66 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

tion or change, as Antlion}^ Andrew, Abel, Baldwin, 
Donald, etc. Others have been corrupted in various 
ways, as Bennet from Benedict, Cutbeard from Cuth- 
bert, Stace from Ustace. 

• NAMES FROM MANORS AND SMALLER ESTATES. 

The surnames from these sources are almost in- 
numerable. There is scarcely a city, town, village, 
manor, hamlet, or estate, in England, that has not 
lent its name to swell the nomenclature of English- 
men. 

SURNAMES FROM VARIOUS THINGS. 

We find the names of the heavenly bodies, beasts, 
birds, fishes, insects, plants, fruits, flowers, metals, 
etc., very frequently borne as surnames; as Sun, 
Moon, Star, Bear, Buck, Chicken, Raven, Crab, Cod, 
Bee, Fly, Lily, Primrose, Orange, Lemon, Gold, 
Silver, etc. 

SURNAMES FROM THE SOCIAL RELATIONS, PERIODS OF 

AGE, TIME, ETC. 

There are several surnames derived from consan- 
guinity, alliance, and from other social relations, orig- 
inating, from there having been two or more persons 
bearing the same christian name in the same neigh- 
borhood; as Fader, Brothers, Cousins, Husbands; and 
closely connected with the foregoing are the names 
derived from periods of age, as Young, Younger, Eld, 
Senior. From periods of time we have several names, 
as Spring, Summer, Winter. The following surnames 
may also find a place here: Soone, Later, Latter, 
Last, Quickly. 

A CABINET OF ODDITIES. 

There are a good inany surnames which seem to 
have originated in sheer caprice, as no satisfactory 



ORicix or run scrxami-:. 67 

reason for their assumption can be assigned. It is 
doubtful, indeed, if they were ever assumed at all, for 
they have very mueh the appearance of what, in these 
days, we are accustomed to call nicknames or sobri- 
quets, and were probal)ly ^iven by others to the per- 
sons who were first known by them, and so identified 
\Yith those persons that neither they nor their im- 
mediate posterity could well avoid them. To this 
family belon«^ the names borrowed from parts of the 
human fi^in-c, which are somewhat numerous; as 
Pate, Skull, Cheek, Neck, Side, Nailcs, Ileele, etc. 
Then there is another set of names not much less 
ridiculous, namely those borrowed from coins, and 
denominations of money, as Farthing, Monc}-, Pen- 
ny. Besides these we have from the weather. Frost, 
Tempest, and Fogg; from sports, Bowles, Cards; from 
vessels and their parts, Forecastle, Ship; from mea- 
sures. Peck, Inches; from numbers. Six, Ten. 

It is really remarkable that many surnames ex- 
pressive of bodih' deformity or moral turpitude should 
have descended to the posterity of those who perhaps 
well deserved and so could not escape them, when 
we reflect how easiW such names might have been 
avoided in almost every state of society by the simple 
adoption of others; for although in our day it is con- 
sidered an act of villain^-, or at least a "suspicious 
aftair," to change one's name unless in compliance 
with the will of a deceased friend, when an act of 
the senate or the royal sign-manual is required, the 
case was widelv different four or five centuries airo, 
and we know from ancient records that names were 
frequently changed at the caprice of the owners. 
Names of this kind are very numerous, such as. Bad, 
Silly, Outlaw, Trasli, etc. 



68 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

NAMES DERIVED FROM VIRTUES AND OTHER ABSTRACT 

IDEAS. 

To account for such names as Justice, Virtue, Pru- 
dence, Wisdom, Liberty, Hope, Peace, Joy, Anguish, 
Comfort, Want, Pride, Grace, Laughter, Luck, Peace, 
Power, Warr, Ramson, Love, Verity, Vice, Patience, 
etc., they undoubtedly originated in the allegorical 
characters w^ho performed on the ancient mysteries or 
moralities; a specie of dramatics pieces, which before 
the rise of the genuine drama served to amuse under 
the pretext of instructing the play -goers of the "old- 
en t3ane." 

FOREIGN NAMES NATURALIZED IN ENGLAND. 

Various causes might be assigned for the variety 
that exists in the nomenclature of Englishmen. Pro- 
bably the principal cause is to be found in the pecu- 
liar facilities which that island had for many ages 
presented to the settlement of foreigners. War, ro3^al 
matches with foreign princesses, the introduction of 
manufactures from the continent, and the patronage 
which that country has always extended to every 
kind of foreign talent — all have of course tended to 
introduction of new names. 

CHANGED SURNAMES, 

The practice of altering one's name upon the oc- 
currence of any remarkable event in one's personal 
history, seems to have been known in times of very 
remote antiquity. The substitution of Abraham for 
Abram, Sarah for Sarai, etc., are matters of sacred 
histor3^ In France it was formerl3^ customary for 
eldest sons to take their father's surnames, while the 
younger branches assumed the names of the states 
allotted them. This plan also prevailed in England 
sometime after the Norman Conquest. 



ORIGIN OF THE SCRXAMIC. 69 

In the llnitcd States they carry this systein of 
corruptin;^ or contractiii<^ names to a ridicukjus ex- 
tent, Barnhain is Harnuni; Farnham (fern <^roun(l) 
Fanium; Killhani (kihi house or home), KiHum; Birk- 
ham (bireh house) Birkum, and so forth with similar 
names. Pohoek beeomes Polk; Col(|uhoun l)ecomcs 
Calhoun; and Al'Candisii beeomes M'Candless. 

HISTORICAL SrKNA.MKS. 

By an historical surname is meant a name which 
has an illusion to some circumstance in the life of the 
person who primaril3' bore it. Thus Sans-terrc or 
Lack-land, the by-name of King John, as having rela- 
tion to one incident in that monarch's life, might be 
designated an historical surname. To this class of 
surniimes also, belongs that of Nestling, ])orne by a 
Saxon earl, who in his infancy, according to Vcrstegan, 
had been rescued from an eagle's nest. 

TRANSLATED NAMES. 

During the middle ages the Latin language was 
the language of literature and politics; accordingly 
in history- and in the public records proper names had 
to assume a Latin form. The change was not al- 
ways a happ\' one. Authors were obliged to change 
their own names as well as the names of the persons 
they celebrated in either prose or verse. The history 
of France was still written in Latin in the seventeenth 
centurv, all names consequently recorded in Latin. 
In the sixteenth century the Germans used to trans- 
late them into Greek. The absurdity which it en- 
tailed undoubtedly hastened the disappearance of the 
custom. 

The chiefs of an American tribe in North America 
receive a new name when they have earned it l)y 
their exploits. 



70 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

A similar practice prevails in various negro tribes. 

The Greeks, in olden times, used to change their 
names on the smallest pretense, and with the greatest 
indifference. 

The emperors of Japan and those of China after 
their death receive a new name. 

ON THE CHANGING OF NAMES. 

With us a woman changes her name when she 
marries; among the Caribs of the Antilles it was the 
custom for husband and wife to exchange names. 
In some formerly, and at the present day in Cape 
Yerd Islands, a liberated slave takes the name of his 
old master; the adopted person substitutes the name 
of the person who adopts him for his own; the law 
allows that a donor or testator may require that 
his name should be taken by the person benefited. 

In 1568 Philip enacted a law that the Moors 
who lived in Spain should abandon the use of their 
peculiar idiom, and of their national names and sur- 
names, and substitute in their stead Spanish idioms 
and Spanish names. He hoped to make new men of 
them, to denationalize them, if we may use the term, 
and to merge them into his own people. He had a 
keen appreciation of the value of proper names, but 
like all despotic sovereigns, he was blind to the in- 
fluence of time, which can alone produce the gradual 
fusion of a conquering with a conquered people, more 
especially when differences in religion add their over- 
whelming weight to one side of the balance. 

The Moors obej^ed, but still retained their nation- 
al feelings and religious beliefs; later, however, when 
they were compelled to choose between exile on the 
one hand, and apostac3^ on the other, they returned 
to their old country, £ind carried back with them a 
number of Spanish names. Accordingly', in several 



ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 71 

Mauritanian families descended from tlic Andalusian 
Mussulmans, we still llnd the names of IVre/., Santi- 
ago, Valeneiano, Aragon, etc., names which have 
sometimes led European authors into error, and made 
them fancy they saw apostates from Christianity 
among the descendants of the martyrs ot Islamism. 

The robbers w hose trade it was to carry men 
away and sell them as slaves, needed no legal com- 
pulsion to change the names of their slaves. The 
precaution which they naturally took in this matter 
baffled the researches of disconsolate parents, who 
could onlv endeavor to recover their lost children bv 
a description which w^as alwavs imperfect and alwavs 
uncertain. 

In modern times the same system has been 
adopted, although it has not been dictated by equally' 
prudential motives. The laws of Christian Europe 
have even in our own times legalized the sale of 
slaves. As soon as a negro had landed in the colo- 
nies it was usual for his purchaser to give hin a new 
name . 

HEREDITARY NAMES. 

In England the middle classes acquired a decidedly 
important political influence as early as the year 
1258, or not later than 1264, the quarrels of the 
nobles and the king having opened the road to Par- 
liament for the representatives of the commons. More- 
over, an act that no tax should be levied without 
the consent of their representatives was passed before 
the year 1300, and accordingly, soon after that date, 
we And hereditary names commonb' used in the mid- 
dle classes. 

For a contrary reason the change cannot have 
taken place in German}' until a much later period. 
In order to prove this, an instance is given which 



72 



ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 



will be all the more conclusive from its being con- 
nected with an intermediate point between that coun- 
try and France. In the town of Metz, which in idiom 
and by union with the dominions of the descendants 
of Clovis and Charlemagne, was decidedly French, 
but which for thirty years had been Germanized in 
consequence of its political position, you might have 
noticed at the close of the thirteenth century that its 
chief magistrates, who were all knights, bore without 
exception individual or derived surnames instead of 
family surnames. Whenw^e say derived, we mean either 
from the place in which they lived, or from the post 
which their military duties obliged them to occupy. 
It w^as not until the close of the latter half of the 
fourteenth century that hereditary names became 
common among men who were high in office, so that 
among their inferiors it is only fair to infer that they 
were rarer still. 

The etj^mology of hereditary names in England 
and in German}^ is generally the same as in France 
and Ital3^ The following remarks Avill embod3^ the 
inferences to be drawn from their examination, for 
the use of philologists. In languages of Teutonic or- 
igin, when descent is implied merely, the word son is 
placed after the father's name; such is the derivation 
of all the family names in the languages of Sweden, 
Denmark, German3% and England, which terminate in 
this way. There are some exceptions, such as Fergu- 
son and Owenson, which serve to corroborate the 
statement as to the possibility of the union of two 
languages to form one and the same proper name; 
in the instances quoted above, a Saxon termination 
is joined to a Caledonian or a Welsh name. 

Attention has already been drawn to the custom 
of giving the father's name, in the genitive case, to 
the son as a surname. The addition of a final s in 



ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 73 

English, and of the syllable ex in Spain, sufficed to 
change Christian pnenomina into surnames, and 
afterwards into family names; Peters, Williams, 
Richards, Ilcnriquez, Lopez, Fernandez, literally (son) 
of Peter, of William, of Richard, of Henry, of Lope 
(or Wolf), of Fernando or Ferdinand, 

D'Andre, Dejean, Depierre, have probably become 
family names in France in a similar wa^'. The name 
of the writer who w^as perhaps the keenest apprecia- 
tor of the genius of the immortal Dante that ever 
lived, Giuseppe di Cesare, shows that a similar form 
was not foreign to Italian customs. 

As in Italv, so also in the greater part of Europe, 
the practice of drawing up deeds and charters in 
Latin was almost universal, and in these the son 
was designated by his father's name in the genitive 
case, hence we must attribute all the names which 
are characterized b^^ such a termination to this cus- 
tom. Such names, for instance, as Fabri, Jacobi, 
Simonis, Johannis, etc., names w^hich would be mul- 
tiplied without end if other languages had retained 
the old Latin termination like the Italian. The coun- 
tries where the greatest number will be found will be 
those (it ma}' be quite safeh' conjectured ) where the 
custom of writing legal documents in Latin prevailed 
the longest. 

Somewhat similar in Wales, the sign of descent, 
or rather of sonship, led to the formation of sur- 
names, which kiter again became hereditary names. 
The word "ab," when placed between two names, 
expresses descent, Rhys ab Evan (Rhj-s, the son of 
Evan); the vowel is gradually lost in common use, 
and the name becomes Rhys Evan, and, according to 
the same rule, successively takes the form of the fol- 
lowing patronymics, Bowen, Pruderrech, Price. 

It is still the same theory, only more simply car- 



74 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

ried out, \vhich regulated the formation of family 
names in Ireland and in Scotland. As soon as the 
head of a clan had adopted some hereditary name, 
that name was given to all his vassals, whatever 
rank the}^ might happen to occupy, and however re- 
motely connected they might be by ties of kindred 
with the head of the clan, and further, even though 
they had only entered it by enfranchisement or by 
adoption. The feeling of pride which suggested such 
a system is by no means an offensive one; we excuse 
it on the ground of its similarity to the old patri- 
archal customs; the head of the clan who is so pow- 
erful, and such an object of reverence, is but the eld- 
est brother of a large family, and the name which he 
takes belongs to all its members. 

It will not be quite so easy to discover a reason 
for the feeling of vanity which in Spain and in Por- 
tugal led to such a tedious multiplicity of names. 
Birthplace, or the customary home, are not considered 
sufficient for a full description of a lordly title; alli- 
ances, adoptions, and the like, were all dragged in to 
increase the number of names. An ignorant phase of 
devotional feeling added to its proportionate share 
to their Christian pr^nomia; it may, therefore, be 
easily inferred what needless confusion must have 
arisen in the ordinary transactions of life through 
this two-fold prodigality of n^-mes. 

As the nobles in Sweden had not adopted heredi- 
tary names before the close of the sixteenth century, 
it followed as a matter of course that the middle 
classes did not use them until a still later period. 
The choice of names which this latter class made is 
worthy of notice. We know many names in France 
■v\rhich indicate occupations, such as Draper, Miller, 
Barber, Maker, Slater, Turner,* etc. The same may 

♦Mercier, Meunier, Barbier, Boulanger, Couvreur, Tourneur. 



ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 75 

be found in England, but not in the same quantity; 
the oldest English eoninioners were freeholders of 
land rather than either merehants or nianufaeturers. 
There are few if any sueh, in Sweden; the greater 
part of their names arc the names of properties, or 
of farms, or of forests, and were of that character 
because they were selected by a class who wished to 
approximate to the nobles by imitating their ways, 
and consequently not because they were the I'csult of 
a need for distinctive signs — a need which is totally 
distinct from any individual wish or caprice. 

In Holstein and in Courland there are still many 
families who have no names peculiarly their own. 
In this instance, again, the scourge of feudalism is 
felt in all its severity. 



ORIGIN OF OUR FAMILY. 



Whatever concerns the origin of our family— from 
whom proceeded the sturdy men that planted our in- 
fant states has for all of us an especial charm, not only 
from what we know, but for what we hope to ascertain. 

Our ancestors, tracing back their lineage to Pict 
and Dane, to the legionaries of Rome, or to the sea 
kings of the Baltic, had gained strength from the 
fusion in their nature of various and opposing ele- 
ments, and combined what was best of many races. 

That our ancestors were fond of fighting when 
provoked, regardless of personal safetj^ or private 
advantage, cannot be denied. For the five centuries 
following the conquest, wars at home and abroad 
succeeded with little cessation. IMilitar3^ duty was 
incumbent on all who could bear arms. Personal en- 
counters between knight and squire in mail with lance 
and battle axe, the rest in quilted doublets, with pike 
and bow, made men indifterent to danger, and induced 
htdjits of hardihood and daring. 



ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

According to some authorities the histor^^ of man- 
kind began with Adam and Eve about six thousand 
years ago ; and that their decendants spread over 
Asia first, then over Africa, and then over Europe, 
But science clearW points that the ^world and its in- 
habitants in some form must have existed for milHons 
of years. 

It took primitive man four thousand years to learn 
how to make a hole in a stone, insert a stick in it, 
and use it for a weapon. Then he became master of 
the forest, with power readily to provide himself with 
meat-food. From fisherman and hunter man developed 
into a herder of flocks, a tiller of the soil, a cultivator 
of grain. Then came attachment to the family and 
the growth of the family into clans and nations. 

The first historical record is dated about three 
thousand seven hundred years ago, when a man b^' 
the name of Inachus led a very large company of emi- 
grants from Egypt into Greece. These found that 
country inhabited by savages, who no doubt, were 
the descendants of those who had wandered there 
from Asia. 

Inachus and his companies established themselves 
in Greece, and from that point of time Europe gradu- 
ally became occupied 133- civilized people. 

Thus three quarters of the globe, Asia Africa and 
Europe, were settled. But America was separated 
from Asia b}' the Pacific Ocean, almost ten thousand 
miles across; and from Europe and Africa bj^ the At- 
lantic, about three thousand miles across. Of America 
in ancient times people knew nothing. 

The ships in olden times were small and feeble; 
and navigators seldom dared to stretch forth upon 
the boundless sea. Even the mariner's compass, that 
m3'sterious but steadfast friend of the sailor was not 
used by the Europeans until 1250. 



78 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS. 

It was in the j^ear 1607 that the first emigrants, 
to successfully form a permanent colonj'-, landed in 
Virginia. For twelve years after its settlement it 
languished under the government of Sir Thomas 
Smith, Treasurer of the Virginia Company in Eng- 
land. The Colony was ruled during that period by 
laws written in blood; and its history shows us how 
the narrov^ selfishness of such a despotic power would 
counteract the very best efforts of benevolence. The 
colonist suffered an extremity of distress too horrible 
to be described. 

Of the thousands of emigrants who had been 
sent to Virginia at great cost, not one in twenty 
remained alive in April, 1619, when Sir George 
Yeardley arrived. He bought certain commissions 
and instructions from the company for the "Better 
establishing of a commonwealth here," and the pros- 
perit3^ of Virginia began from this time, v^hen it 
received, as a commonwealth, the freedom to make 
laws for itself. The first meeting was held July 30, 
1619 — more than a year before the Mayflower, wath 
the pilgrims, left the harbor of Southampton. 

The first colony established by the Plymouth Com- 
pany in 1607, on the coast of Maine, was a lament- 
able failure. 

The permanent settlement of New England began 
with the arrival of a body of Separatists in the May- 
flower in 1620, who founded the colony of Plymouth. 

The Separatists' migration from England was 
followed in a few years by a great exodus of Puri- 
tans, who planted towns along the coast to the 
North of Plymouth, and obtained a charter of gov- 
ernment and a great strip of land, and founded the 
colony of Massachusetts Ba3^ 



ORIGIN OF THE SCKXAME. 70 

Religious disputes drove R«),<4cr Williams and Anne 
Hutehinson out of Massachusetts and led to the 
foundhig ot Rhode Island in 1036. 

Other church rangles led to an emigration from 
Massachusetts to the Connecticut valley, where a 
little confederacy of towns was created and called 
Connecticut. 

Some settlers from England went to Long Island 
Sound and there founded four towns which, in their 
turn, joined in a federal union called the New Haven 
Colony. 

In time New Haven was joined to Connecticut, 
and Plymouth and Maine to Massachusetts; New 
Hampshire was made a roN-al colony; and the four 
New England colonies Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
Rhode Island and Connecticut — were definitely estab- 
lished. The territory of Alassachusetts and Connecti- 
cut stretched across the continent to the "South Sea" 
or Pacific Ocean. 

The Mar3'land colon}' was founded by Lord Bal- 
timore, a Roman Catholic, who was influenced in his 
attempts of colonization b}- a desire to found a refuge 
for people of his own faith ; and the first settlement 
was made in 1634 at St. Mary's. Annapolis was 
founded about 1683, and Baltimore in 1729. 

Aleantime Henry Hudson in the employ of the 
Dutch, discovered the Delaware and Hudson Rivers in 
1609; and the Dutch, ignoring the claims of England, 
planted colonies on these rivers and called the coun- 
try- New Netherlands. 

Then a Swedish company began to colonize the 
Delaware Ba\^ and River coast of Virginia, which 
the\' called New Sweden. 

Conflicts between the Dutch and the Swedes fol- 
lowed, and in 1655 New Sweden was made a part of 
New Netherkmds. 



80 ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME. 

The English seized New Netherlands in 1664, giv- 
ing it to the Duke of York; and the Duke, after es- 
tablishing the province of New York, gave New Jersey 
to two of his friends, and sold the three counties on 
the Delaware to William Penn. Meanwhile the king 
granted Penn what is now Pennsylvania in 1681. 

The Carolinas were first chartered as one proprie- 
tary colony but were sold back to the king and final- 
ly separated in 1729. 

Georgia, the last of the thirteen English colonies, 
was granted to Oglethorpe and others; as a refuge 
for poor debtors, in 1732. 

In 1774 General Gage became governor of Mass- 
achusetts; and seeing that the people w:ere gathering 
stores and cannon, he attempted to destroy the 
stores, and so brought on the battle of Lexington 
and Concord, which opened the war for Independence. 
The English army was surrounded at Yorktown by 
Washington and the French fleet and forced to sur- 
render. A convention at Philadelphia framed the 
Constitution of the United States. 

NATIONS THAT HAVE OWNED OUR SOIL. 

Before the United States became a nation, six 
European powers owned, or claimed to own, various 
portions of the territory now contained within its 
boundar\^ England claimed the Atlantic coast from 
Maine to Florida. Spain once held Florida, Texas, 
California and all the territory south and west of 
Colorado. France in days gone by ruled the Missis- 
sippi valley. Holland once owned New Jersey, Dela- 
ware and the valley of the Hudson in New York and 
claimed as far eastward as the Connecticut River. 
The Swedes had settlements on the Delaware. Alaska 
was a Russian possession. 



ORIGIX OP TUB FORE-XAME. 81 



F()rvM>isrA]srEs. 

CHRISTIAN names arc so called from havinp^ orig- 
inally been given to converts at baptism as sub- 
stitutes tor their former pasi^an ai)pellatives, many of 
which were borrowed from the names of their gods, 
and therefore rejected as profane. After the general 
introduction of Christianity, the epithet was still re- 
tained, because the imposition of names was ever 
connected with the earliest of its sacred rites. It is, 
nevertheless, most incorrect; since the majority of the 
personal names of modem times are borrowed from 
sources unconnected with Christianity. With what 
propriet\'' can we call Hercules and Diana, Augustus 
and Julia, or even Henry and Caroline, Christian 
names? They should be called forenames (that is 
lirst names), a term much more preferable to the 
other. Perhaps the word name, without any ad- 
junct, would be better still. We should then use the 
name and surname as distinctive Avords; whereas \ve 
now often regard them synonyms. 

From the earliest times, names to distinguish one 
person from another have been in use. The names in 
the Old Testament are mostly original and generjdly 
given at the birth, in accordance with some circum- 
stance connected with that event, or from some 
])ious sentiment of the father or mother. The Jewish 
child received his name at the time of circumcision. 
This practice is still adopted amongst the Jews, and 
has been followed by the Christian Church giving a 
name at baptism. 

The ancient Greeks used only one name, which 
was given on the ninth da\' after birth, and was 



82 ORIGIN OF THE FORE-NAME. 

chosen by the father, who also possessed the right 
of altering it. These names generally expressed some 
great quality — as bravery, wisdom, or skill. Thus 
Callienachus means excellent fighter; and Sophron 
means wise. In later times many names were derived 
from those of their gods — as Apollodorus, the Gift of 
Apollo. The eldest son usually bore the name of his 
paternal grandfather, to which was sometimes added 
the father's name, or the occupation, place of birth, 
or a nickname. 

The Romans at a very early date used two 
names, and later on each Roman citizen had three. 
The prjenomen was, like our Christian name, per- 
sonal to the individual; as Caius and Marcus; in 
writing, the initials only were generally used. In 
early times it was given at puberty, but afterwards 
on the ninth day after birth. Women took no pree- 
nomen until marriage, when they adopted the femi- 
nine form of their husband's name. Every Roman 
citizen belonged to a gens and to a familia included 
in it. The nomen gentilicum (the second name) 
usually ended in ius, cius, or aius. The third name 
was the hereditary cognomen borne by the family, to 
which was sometimes a second cognomen called 
agnomen, was added. The cognomen was often de- 
rived from some event in the family history, or from 
some personal defect. In common intercourse the 
praenomen and cognomen only -were used, as C. 
Caesar, for C. Julius Caesar. Many of the Roman 
names were of a much less dignified origin than the 
Greek, as Cicero (Vetchgrower), Crassus (Fat), Naso 
(Longnosed). 

The Celtic and Teutonic names were originally 
very significant. Many were derived from "God," as 
Gottfried, Godwin, and others from genii or elves, as 
Alfred Elfric (Elf King). Personal prowess, wisdom. 



ORIGIN OF THE l(JRI>XAMI-. 83 

and nobility of l)irtli, were the origin ol" inrmv names 
still in use, as Hiklcrbrand (the War lirand), Arnold 
(Valiant Eaij^lc) Oshorn (God bear). After the intro- 
duetion ot" Christianity many of the old names were 
su])erseded Ijy those taken from the Seriptures. These 
names in eonrsc of time beeame mueh .altered; as for 
example, Owen, Evan, and Ho;.(han are different 
forms of Johann or John. A ehan.sj^e of name was 
sometimes made at confirmation, and amongst 
Roman Catholics an additional name is given at the 
first communion. Sir Edward Coke tells us: "If a 
man l)e baptized by the name of Thomas, and after 
at his confirmation by the bishop he is named John, 
he may purchase by the name of his confirmation. 
And this was tlie case of Sir Francis Gawdye, late 
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, whose 
name of baptism was Thomas, and his name of con- 
firmation Francis; and th.at the name of Francis by 
the advice of all the judges in anno 3G, Henry VIII, 
he did bear, and often used in all his purchases and 
grants." Another instance is that of Henry HI of 
France, who, being the godson of Edward VI of Eng- 
land, was named Edward Alexander at his baptism 
in 1551; but at his confirmation in 15G5 these 
names were changed to Henri. 

In Germany the names are mosth' of Teutonic origin, 
or connected with the early history of Christianity-. 

Double Christian names Avere not mueh in vogue 
before the nineteenth centur}-. A very early instance 
is that of "John Thomas Jones," a runaway thief, 
mentioned in a collection of autograph letters from 
Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, and his son (1601); Charles 
George Cook, Judge of the Admiralty in 1665; and- 
Henry Frederick Thynne, brother to Lord Wey- 
mouth, 16S2, are other examples, which might 
easily be extended. 



84 ORIGIN OF THE FORE-NAME. 

In France and Germany when surnames became 
universal, the prefix of De or von to a common ple- 
beian name was considered as a mark of nobility. 
In Britain the De was not considered the test for no- 
bilit3^, for the names of some of the best families were 
not territorial; as Butler, Stewart and Spenser. 

SCRIPTURAL NAMES ALREADY IN USE AT THE REFOR- 
MATION. 

It now remains simply to consider the state of 
nomenclature in England at the eve of the Reforma- 
tion in relation to the Bible. Four classes may be 
mentioned. 

MYSTERY NAMES. 

The leading incidents of Bible narrative were 
familiarized to the English lower orders -by the per- 
formance of sacred plays, or mysteries, rendered un- 
der the supervision of the Church. To these pla3^s is 
owed the early popularity of Adam and Eve, Noah, 
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Sara, Daniel, Samp- 
son, Susanna, Judith, Hanna or Anna, and Hester. 
But the Apocryphal names w^ere not frequently used 
until about 1500. Scarcely any diminutives are 
found of them. On the other hand, Adam became 
Adcock and Adkin; Eve became Evott and Evett; 
Isaac became Hickin, Higgin, Higgott and Higgett; 
Joseph became Joskin; and Daniel became Dankin and 
Dannet. 

CRUSADE NAMES. 

The Crusaders gave several prominent names. To 
them we are indebted for Baptist, Ellis and Jordan; and 
John received a great stimulus. The sacred water, 
brought in the leathern bottle, was used for baptis- 
mal purposes. The Jordan commemorated John the 



ORIGIN OF THE FORE-XAMH:. 85 

Baptist, the second Hlias, the lureruniier and l)ai)- 
tizer of Jesus Christ. Chikh'en were styled hy these 
incidents. Jordan became popular throu<j^hout Western 
Europe. It gave to Hn,!^land, as already observed, 
Judd, Judkin, Judson. Jordan and Jordanson, Ivlias, 
as Ellis, took about the eighth place of frequenc}-, 
and John for a while the first. 

THE saint's calendar. 

The legends of the saints were carefully taught 
by the priesthood, and the day was as religiously ob- 
served. All children born on these holy days re- 
ceived the name of the saint commemorated. St. 
James's Da}-, or St. Nicholas's Da}-, or St. Thonuis's 
Day, saw a small batch of Jameses, Nicholases, and 
Thomases received into the fold of the church. In 
other cases the gossip had some favorite saint, and 
placed the child under his or her protection. Of 
course, it bore the patron's name. A large number 
of these hagiological names were extra-Biblical — such 
as Cecilia, Catherine, or Theobald. All the apostles, 
save Judas, became household names; John, Simon, 
Peter, Bartholomew, Matthew, James, Thomas and 
Philip being the favorites. Paul and Timothy were 
also utilized, the former being always found as Pol. 

FESTIVAL NAMES, 

If a child was born at Whitsuntide or Easter, 
Christmas or Ei)iphan\', like Robinson Crusoe's man 
Friday, he received the name of the day. Hence our 
once familiar names of Noel or Nowcll, I'ask or Pas- 
cal, Easter, Pentecost, and Ej)iphany or Tiffany. 

It will be observed that all these imply no direct 
or personal acquaintance with the Scriptures. All 
came through the Church. All, too, were in full tide 



86 ORIGIN OF THE FORE-NAME. 

of prosperity — with the single exception of Jordan, 
which was nearl}^ obsolete — when the Bible, printed 
into English and set up in the churches, became an 
institution. The immediate result was that the old 
Scripture names of Bartholomew, Peter, Philip, and 
Nicholas received a blow much deadlier than that 
received by such Teutonic names as Robert, Richard, 
Roger and Ralph. 

The subject of the influence of the Bible upon 
English nomenclature is not uninteresting. It may 
be said of the "Vulgar Tongue" Bible that it revolu- 
tionized the nomenclature within the space of forty 
years, or a little over a generation. No such crisis, 
surely, ever visited a nation's register before, nor can 
such possibly happen again. Every home felt the 
efifect. 

THE DECAY OF SINGLE PATRONYMICS IN BAPTISM. 

The introduction of double baptismal names pro- 
duced a revolution as immediate as it was uninten- 
tional. It put a stop to what bade fair to become a 
universal adoption of patron3^mics as single baptis- 
mal names. This practice took its rise about the year 
1580. It became customary in highly placed families 
to christen the eldest son b3'^ the name of the landed 
estate to which he was heir. Especially was it com- 
mon when the son succeeded to property through his 
mother; then the mother's surname was his Chris- 
tian name. With the introduction of second baptis- 
mal names, this custom ceased; and the boy or girl, 
as the case might be, after a first orthodox name of 
Robert or Cecilia, received as a second the patronymic 
that before was given alone Instead of Neville Clarke 
the name would be Charles Neville Clarke. From the 
year 1700 this has been a growing custom, and half 
the present list of treble names are thus formed. 



88 ORIGIN OF THE FORE-NAME. 

Until about the commencement of the seventeenth 
centun', no material change in the designations of 
Englishmen had occurred since the days of the earlier 
Edwards, when surnames \vere generally' adopted. 
John de la Barre, it is true, had become plain John 
Barr, and Roger atte H\'lle had softened to Roger 
Hill, but still the principle of a single Christian name 
and a single surname had been maintained through- 
out. About the period alluded to, the innovation of 
a second personal name occurs, though but ver3' rareh'. 
The practice was imported to Great Britain from the 
Continent, where it seems to have originated among 
the literati in imitation of the trianomina of antiquit3^ 
The accession of the many-named house of Brunswick 
may be said to have rendered it somewhat fashion- 
able; and during the last centurj^ it has become every 
year more common. Should the fashion continue, it 
is probable that at the dawn of the twentieth centu- 
ry it will be as difficult to find a hinominated person 
in America, as it is in France at the present dsiy. 

Another innovation belongs to the seventeenth cen- 
tury; that of the use of some family name as a bap- 
tismal appellation,, as Gouldsmith Hodgson, Boscawen 
Lower, Cloudsley Shovel. This practice as well as the 
other is highly to be commended, as serving to iden- 
t\fy the individual with the designation. The genealo- 
gist will at once see its utility; and it is suggested to 
parents the desirability of inserting the maternal fami- 
ly name between the proper name of baptism and the 
surname, as James Morton Wilson, Henrv Smith Brad- 
ley. Indeed it would be well to go further and add 
the maiden family name of the wife to the surname 
of the husband ; thus if a Charles Harrison married a 
Mary Bradshawe, thc}^ should thereupon write them- 
selves respectively Charles Bradshawe Harrison and 
Mary Bradshawe Harrison. If Vanity unites in the 



OR mix or Tin; rnR^-XA^fT■. 89 

same os^cutchcoii the anus of the wife with those of 
her lord, ought not Afleetion in like manner to blend 
tlieir names? This usage is voluntarily followed at 
Geneva and in many provinces in France; and it serves 
to distinguish the bachelor from the married man. 

In some districts, where a family name was orig- 
inally applied at the font instead of the usual James, 
Peter, or John, that family name has come to be re- 
garded as a regular christian name. For example: 
about Lewes, Trayton is fully as common as Samuel, 
Nicholas, Alfred, or any name occupying the second 
rank in point of frequency, and only less usual than 
Henry, William and John. In the sixteenth century a 
family of this name, from Cheshire, settled in Lewes, 
and continued to reside there for several successive 
generations, during the latter i)art of which period 
they became so p, pular that a host of children re- 
ceived the baptismal name of Trayton in compliment 
to them. The spirit of imitation succeeded; and there 
are at the present day scores of Traytons, who have 
neither any idea of the origin of their name, nor any 
doubt of its being as orthodox as the ver\- common 
appellatives alluded to. 

We have seen that the Christian name, once im- 
posed, cannot be. altered at the option of the bearer, 
as the surname may; at least not without the sanc- 
tion of episcopal authority. Towards the close of the 
eighteenth century. Sir William Bridges exchanged the 
name of William for that of Brooke, by license from the 
Archbishop of Canterbury; but this is almost asolitar3' 
instance in modern times, as the occasion for it rarelv 
arises. Before the Reformation, the unauthorized change 
of a Christian name was a grave offence. It is recorded 
in the consistorial acts of the Bishop of Rochester, that 
on Oct. 15, 1515, one Agnes Sharpe appeared and con- 
fessed that she had "of her own motion and consent, 



90 ORIGIN OF THE FORE-NAME. 

voluntarily changed, at confirmation, the name of her 
infant son to Edward, who when baptized was named 
Henry, for which she submitted to penance. " The 
penance enjoined was to make a pilgrimage to the 
famous Rood of Grace, at the neighboring abbey of 
Boxley, and to carry in procession on five Lord's days, 
a lighted taper w^hich she was to offer to the image 
of the Blessed Virgin. 

THE PAUCITY OF NAMES. 

There were no Scripture names in England when 
the Conqueror took possession; even in Normandy 
they had appeared but a generation or two before 
William came over. If any are found in the old Eng- 
lish period, they w^ere undoubtedly ecclesiastical titles, 
adopted at ordination. Greek and Latin saints were 
equally unnoticed. 

Before many generations had passed, Bartholo- 
mew, Simon, Peter, Philip, Thomas, Nicholas, John 
and Elias, had engrossed a third of the male popula- 
tion; yet Domesday Book has no Philip, no Thomas, 
only one Nicholas; and but a springling of Johns. It 
was riot long before Jack and Jill took the place of 
Godric and Godgivu as representative of the English 
sexes, 3'et Jack w^as from the bible and Jill from the 
saintly calendar. 

Without entering into a deep discussion, it may 
be said that the great mass of the old English names 
had gone down before the year 1200 had Ijcen reached. 
Those that survived only held on for bare existence. 
From the moment of William's edvent, the names of 
the Normans began to prevail. He brought in Bible 
names. Saint names, and his own Teutonic names. 
The old English names bowed to them, and disap- 
peared. 

A curious result quickly followed. From the year 



ORIGIN OF Tin: rnRE-XAMi:. 91 

1150 U) 1550, four huiulrcd years in round nuuil)c'rs, 
there was a vcr}-- much smaller dictionary' of Hni^lisli 
personal names than there had been for four hundred 
3'ears before, and than there has been in the four hun- 
dred years since. The Norman list was really a small 
one, and yet it took possession of" the whole of Great 
Britain. 

A consequence of this was the Pet-name Epoch . 
In every communit}- of one hundred Englishmen about 
the year 1300, there would be cin Jiverage of twenty 
Johns and fifteen Williams; then would follow Thomas, 
Bartholomew, Nicholas, Philip, Simon, Peter and Isaac 
from the Scriptures; and Richard, Robert, Walter, (niy, 
Henry, Roger and Baldwin from the Teutonic list. 
Of female names, Matilda, Isabella and Emma were 
first favorites; and Cecilia, Catharine, Margaret and 
Gillian came closely upon their heels. Behind these, 
again, followed a fairly familiar number of names of 
either sex, some from the Teuton, some from the Pie- 
brew, some from the Greek and Latin Church, but, 
when all told, not a large category. 

This is not enough, for in common parlance it was 
not likely the full name would be used. Besides, there 
might be two, or even three Johns in the same family. 
So late as March, 154-5, the will of John Parnell de 
Gyrton runs: 

"Alice, my \vife, and Old John, my son, to occupy 
my farm together, till Old John marries; Young John, 
my son, shall have Brenlay's land plowed and sowed 
at Old John's cost." 

The register of Raby, Leicestershire, has this entry : 

"1559. Item: 29th day of August was John, 
and John Picke, the children of Xtopher jind Anne, 
baptized. 

"Item: the 31st of August the same John and 
John were buried." 



92 ORIGIN OF THE FORE-NAME. 

Mr, Burns, who quotes these mstances in his "His- 
tory of Parish Registers, ' ' adds that at this same 
time "one John Barker had three sons named John 
Barker, and two daughters named Margaret Barker." 

If the same family had but one name for the house- 
hokl we may imagine the difficulty when this one name 
was also popular throughout the village. The diffi- 
culty was naturally solved b3% firsth-, the adoption 
of nick forms; secondh', the addition of pet desinences. 
Thus Emma became b^- the one practice simple Emm, 
by the other Emmott; and any number of boys in a 
small communit}^ might be entered in a register as 
Bartholomew, and 3'et preserve their individuality in 
work-a-day life by bearing such names as Bat, Bate, 
Batt^', Bartle, Bartelot, Batcock, Batkin, and Tolly, 
or Tholly. In a Avord, these several forms of Bar- 
tholomew were treated as so nian\^ separate proper 
names. 

It was, of course, impossible for Englishmen and 
English women to maintain their individuality on 
these terms. Various methods to secure a personality 
arose. The surname was adopted, and there were 
John Atte-wood, John the Wheelwright, John the Bigg, 
and John Richard's son, in every community. Among 
the middle and lower classes these did not become 
hereditary until so late as 1450 or 1500. 

This is easily proved. In the Avardrobe accounts 
for Edward IV, 1480, occur the following items : 

"John Poyntmaker, for pointing of XI dozen 
points of silk pointed \vith agelettes laton. 

"Jehn Carter, for carriage awaj'- of a grete loode 
of robeux that was left in the strete. 

"To a laborer called Rychard Gardyner for work- 
ing in the ganhme. 

"To Alice Shapster for making and Avashing xxiiii 
sherts, and xxiii stomachers." Shapster is a feminine 



GENEALOGY. 93 

form of Shappcr or Simper — one who shriped or eut 
out eloths for '^anuenls. 

All these several iiulividuals, havin<4" no parLicular 
surname, took or reecived one from the oecupation 
they temporarily followed. 



GENEALOGY. 

None of the sciences is less generally studied than 
that of Genealogy. Like all the others, though dry 
and repellant at fu'st, when perseveringly followed out 
it becomes, in the research, full of interest, and pro- 
ductive of great results. 

An account of the origin, descent and relations of 
families is often a principal auxiliary to the true ap- 
preciation of histor3'. In treating of persons who 
have distinguished themselves in their country's an- 
nals, not onlv are all those actions of their lives which 
have a bearing upon the character of the age in which 
they Hved, or the well-being of the nation and com- 
munity to which they belonged, to be considered, but 
their own family- and personal extraction, standing 
and descent. 

The genealogist confines himself to tracing famil}' 
hneasres. or the course of succession in particular fanii- 
hes. That is his peculiar department. He leaves to 
the annalist the chronicling of events in the order of 
their occurrence, and to the historian the filling up of 
the details and circumstances to which these dry facts 
refer, and the description of the causes from which 
thev S])ring, as well as the consequences to which they 
lead. The sole purpose and pursuit of the historian 
is to be able to show "Who is Who" and to distinguish 
those who are somebody from those who are nobody. 

The principal nomenclature of genealogy is as 
follows : 



94 HERALDRY. 

All persons descended from a common ancestor con- 
stitute a family. 

A series of persons so descended is called a line. 

A line is either direct or collateral. 

The direct line is divided into the ascending and 
descending. 

The projenitors are father, grandfather, etc. ; the 
other ascendants not in a direct line are called ancestors. 

The descendants are son, grandson, etc. ; the other 
descendants not in a direct line are generally termed 
Posterity. 

The Collateral comprehended all those which unite 
in a common projenitor. 

Some affect to hold in contempt the study of suc- 
cession of families. Others undervalue it, without being 
fully aware of the importance of genealogical research. 

There are some people, says Dr. Lindsay Alexan- 
der, in his "Life of Dr. Wardlaw, " who say they 
attach no importance to a man's descent, or to family 
honors, and despise those who do. Perhaps they may 
be sincere, but their judgment in this matter is cer- 
tainly erroneous, and their feeling unnatural. "The 
glor\^ of children, " says the Avisest of men, "are their 
fathers;" and a honorable descent should be highly 
valued. 



HERALDRY. 

Heraldic devices, truly so called, made their first 
appearance in Europe in the middle of the twelfth 
century ; and about one hundred j^ears later Heraldry 
became a science in high repute, without being able to 
trace its intermediate progress, or discover the names 
of those who first laid down its laws, or subsequently 
promulgated them. The earliest Heraldic document of 
which even a copy has come down to us is a roll of 



HERALDRY. Or, 

arms, that is to say, a catalogue of the armorial bear- 
ings of the king of England, and the principal barons, 
knights, etc., in the reign of Ilcnry 111; and, from in- 
ternal evidence, supposed to have been origin<illy com- 
piled between the years 124-0-1 24-5. This transcript 
was made b}^ Glover, Somerset Herald, in 15.S6, and 
is preserved in the College of Arms. Other rolls are 
to be found both there and in the British Museum, of 
nearly the same date, but none earlier; and no work 
explanatory of the science has been yet discovered of 
a period anterior to the reign of Edward III. In the 
reign of Henry HI, armorial ensigns had become hered- 
itary, marks of cadency distinguished the various 
members of a family, and the majority of the present 
Heraldic terms were already in existence. 

THE USE OF ARMS 

At that period was to distinguish persons and prop- 
erty, and record descent and alliance, and no modern 
invention has yet been found to supersede it. For this 
reason alone, as we Ifave remarked elsewhere, of all 
ancient usages it is one of the least likely to become 
obsolete. Hundreds of persons ma^' be entitled to the 
same initials, may possess preciselv the same name ; 
but only the members of a particular family can law- 
fully bear certain armorial ensigns, and the various 
branches of that family have their separate differences 
to distinguish one from the other. After the lapse of 
centuries, the date of a building or the name of its 
founder or ancient possessor, ina3' be ascertained at 
the present day, through the accident<'d i)reservation 
of a sculptured coat of arms or heraldic encaustic tile; 
and the careful study of early rolls of arms enables 
the historian to discover matrimonial alliances and 
familv connections, of which no written record has 
been found ; and thereb}' not only to complete the 



96 HERALDRY. 

verj^ imperfect genealogies of main- of the bravest and 
Avisest of English nobility and gentr\', but also to ac. 
count for sundrj^ acts, both public and private, the 
motives for which have been misunderstood, or alto- 
gether unknown to the biographer or the historian. 



VARIOUS SORTS OF ARMS . 

Arms are not onh- granted to individuals and fam- 
ilies, but also to cities, corporate bodies, and learned 
societies. 

Arms of Dominion or Sovereignty are properly the 
arms of the kings or sovereigns of the territories they 
govern, which are also regarded as the arms of the 
State. Thus the Lions of England and the Russian 
Eagle are the arms of the Kings of England and the 
Emperors of Russia, and cannot be properly altered 
by a change of dynasty. 

Arms^ of Pretension are those of kingdoms, prov- 
inces, or territories to which a. prince or lord has some 
claim, and which he adds to his own, though the king- 
doms or territories are governed by a foreign king or 
lord ; thus the Kings of England for many ages cj[uar- 
tered the arms of France in their escutcheon as the 
descendants of Edward III, who claimed that king- 
dom, in right of his mother, a French princess. 

Arms of Concession are arms granted b}- sovereigns 
as the reward of virtue, valor or extraordinarv ser- 
vice. All arms granted to subjects were originally 
conceded by the Sovereign. 

Arms of Community are those of bishoprics, cities, 
universities, academies, societies and corporate bodies. 

Arms of patronage are such as governors of prov- 
inces, lords of manors, etc., add to their family arms 
as a token of their superiorit3', right jurisdiction. 



HERALDRY. 97 

Arms of Family, or patcrn.-il arms, arc such as are 
hereditary and belong to one particular family, which 
none others have a right to assume, nor can they do 
so without rendering themselves guilty of a breacii of 
the laws of honor, punishalile b^' the Earl Marshal 
and the Kings-at-Arms. The assumption of arms has, 
however, become so common that little notice is taken 
of it at the present time. 

Arms of Alliance are those gained by marriage. 

Arms of Succession are such as are taken up by 
those who inherit certain estates by bequest, entail, 
or donation. 

THE SHIELD. 

The shield contains the field or ground whereon 
are represented the charges or figures that form a coat 
of arms. 




PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES 99 



PATRIOTIC SOCIETIEvS IX THE UNITED STATEvS. 

Within the past few years there has been a remark- 
able movement in the United States, whieh lias re- 
sulted in the formation of many ])atriotie hereditary 
soeieties of large membership, with ehapters in every 
State in the Union. Those only £ire eligil)le to mem- 
bership who ean prove their deseent from an ancestor 
of Colonial or Revolutionarv times, Irom an offieer or 
soldier or seaman of the various wars, from a pilgrim 
in the Ma^-flower, an earh- Huguenot emigrant, etc. 
These societies bring men and women of like traditions 
together, and organize them in an effective way for 
acrion. The action contemplated is patriotic — never 
religious or related to part}^ politics. The general so- 
ciety from its headquarters issues charters to branch 
societies in the different States. Each State society 
forms an organized group of persons well known to 
each other, by name at least, and often jjersonally. 

Certain of these soeieties have l)een very active in 
preserving old monuments, buildings, kmdmarks and 
historic documents, or in erecting tablets and monu- 
ments at historic places, or in marking the sites of 
battles or the graves of Revolutionary soldiers. Others 
have founded prizes to be given annually to school 
children for essa3'S on events in American history. 
Others, again, formally celebrate the nation's anni- 
versaries. All of them foster patriotism and historical 
research, and teach organization — the sinking of indi- 
vidual desire in a common loyalty. There are proba- 
bly too many such organizations at present, and more 
are forming. The weaker societies will, however, die; 
and those that remain will represent some real aspir- 
ation of their members. 



100 PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES. 

As the entrance to such societies is through descent 
from some ancestor, geneaology has been powerfully 
stimulated, and thousands of family records have been 
examined and summarized in print. Our Colonial and 
Revolutionary history has been studied in its details, 
which is the only way to fully realize it. The men of 
to-day have been connected with Colonial and Revo- 
lutionary times. The children of the coming century 
will find their ancestral records all prepared for them, 
and they will be face to face with high standards of 
duty and effort. 



THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS, 

Instituted in 1892, is open to lineal male descendants 
of civil or military officers, or of soldiers, who served 
the colonies between May 13, 1607 (Jamestown) and 
April 19, 1775 (Lexington). 

THE SOCIETY OF AJMERICAN WARS, 

Founded in 1897, includes the lineal male descendants 
of soldiers or civil officers from 1607 to 1783, and of 
officers of the War of 1812, of the War with Mexico, 
and of the Civil War. 

THE ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF 

AMERICA , 

Founded in 1896, is open to any male citizen of the 
United States who is llneallj^ descended in the male 
line of either parent from an ancestor who settled in 
any of the colonies between 1607 and 1657, and whose 
intermediate ancestors adhered as patriots to the cause 
of the colonists throughout the War of the Revolution. 



PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES. 101 

THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, 

Instituted in 17S3 is composed of descendants of offi- 
cers of the Revolutionary ami}-, usually the eldest male 
direct descendant. 

THE AZTEC CLUn, 

Founded in 1847, is open to the descendants of offi- 
cers of the army who served in Mexico, usually the eld- 
est male direct descendant. 

THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE 

UNITED STATES, 

Founded in 1865, is composed of officers who served in 
the War of the Rebellion, and of their eldest direct male 
lineal descendants, 

THE SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812, ORGANIZED IN 1814, 

Is composed of lineal male descendants of soldiers or 
sailors of the War of 1812. 

THE NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES, 

Instituted in 1890, is open to officers of the navy who 
have served in war, and to their male descendants, etc.; 
and also to enlisted men who have received a Medal 
of Honor from the United States for braver3\ 

THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 

Instituted in 1875, must prove their descent froma Rev- 
olutionary ancestor. The Sons of the Revolution (1876) 
is organized on the same basis. It is expected that 
these two large societies will be consolidated. 

THE HOLLAND SOCIETY, 

Incorporated in 1775, is composed of the direct male 
descendants of Hollanders resident in America before 
1675. 



102 PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES. 

THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 

Organized in 1883, admits descendants of Huguenots 
who came to America before 1787. 

THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA, 

Organized in 1891, is composed of women descended 
from an ancestor who held an office of importance in 
the colonies previous to 1750. 

There are various other societies for women, of 
which the most important are Daughters of the Am- 
erican Revolution, founded in 1890; and Daughters of 
the Revolution, founded in 1891 ; and there is also a 
societj^ of Children of the American Revolution, founded 
in 1895. 

THE SOCIETY OF "MAYFLOWER" DESCENDANTS, 

Organized in 1894, includes male and female descend- 
ants of the passengers of the Mayflower (1620). 

MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION. 

The one decoration that is given by the government 
of the United States is the Medal of Honor, which was 
authorized b\^ acts of Congress of 1862 and 1863 to 
be awarded to officers and enlisted men of the army for 
"gallantry in action and soldier-like qualities during the 
present insurrection." It has been bestowed onl^^ for 
conspicuous services. For example the Twent^^-seventh 
Regiment of Maine Infantry was present on the field 
where the battle of Gett^^sburg was fought, and its term 
of service had expired. The entire regiment, to a man, 
volunteered to remain on the field and fight the battle; 
and for this gallant conduct a medal was awarded to 
each officer and man. A Naval Medal of Honor is also 
awarded by the government and it is highly prized. 



rORIS-NAMES OF MEN 



103 



FORE-N^VJSIES OF MEN. 

AND THEIR SK^.XIPICAN'CB. 



Aaron : Lofty ; inspired. 
Abdiel ; The servant of God. 
Abel : Breath, vanity. 
Abiathar: Father of plenty. 
Abiel: Father of strength. 
Abiezer: Father of help. 
Abijah: To whom Jehovah is a 

'ather. 
Abner: Father of light. 
Abraham: Father of a multitude. 
Abram: Father of elevation. 
Absalom: Father of peace. 
Adam: Man; earth-man; red earth. 
Adiel: The ornament of God. 
Adin, or Adino: Tender; delicate; 

soft. 
Adolph or Adolphus: Noble wolf; 

i.e., noble hero. 
Adoniram: Lord of height. 
Alaric: All-rich; or, noble ruler. 
Albert: Nobly bright, illustrious. 
Alexander: A defender of men. 

Alfred: Elf in council; good coun- 
sellor. 

Algernon: With whiskers. 

Allan: Corruption of .Elienus. 

Almon: Hidden. 

Alonzo: Same as Alphonso. 

Alpheus: Exchange. 

Alphonso: All-ready; willing. 

Alvah, or Alvan; Iniquity. 

Alvin or Alwin: Beloved by all. 

Amariah: Whom Jehovah prom- 
ised. 

Amasa: A burden. 

Ambrose: Immortal; divine. 

Ammi: My people. 

Amos: Strong; courageous. 

Andrew: Strong, manly. 



Andronicus: A conqueror of men 
Anselm, or Ansel: Protection of 

man. 
Anthony or Antony: Priceless; 

praiseworthy. 
Apollos: Of Apollo. 
Archelaus: Ruler of the people. 
Archibald: Extremely bold; or, 

holy prince. 
Ariel: Lion of God; valiant for 

God. 
Aristarchus: A good prince. 
Arnold: Strong as an eagle. 
Artemas: Gift of Artemis, or 

Minerva. 
Arthur: High, noble. 
Asa: Healer; physician. 
Asahel : Made of God. 
Asaph: A collector. 
Asarelah: Upright to God. 
Ashbel: Fire of Bel. 
Asher: Happy, fortunate. 
Ashur: Black, blackness. 
Athanasius: Immortal. 
Athelstan: Noble stone. 
Aubrey: Ruler of spirits. 
Augustin, Augustine, or Austin: 

Belonging to Augustus. 
Augustus: Exalted, imperial. 
Aurelius: Golden. 
Azariah: Helped of the Lord. 

Baldwin : Bold, courageous friend. 

Baptist: A baptizer; purifier. 

Barachias: Whom Jehovah has 
blessed. 

Bardolph: A distinguished helper. 

Barnabas or Barnaby: Son of con- 
solation. 



104 



FORE-NAMES OF MEN. 



Bartholomew: A warlike son. 
Barzillai; Iron of the Lord; firm 

true. 
Basil: Kingly; royal. 
Benedict: Blessed. 
Benjamin: Son of the right hand 
Benoni: Son of grief or trouble. 
Beriah: In calamity. 
Bernard: Bold as a bear. 
Bertram: Bright raven. 
Bethuel: Man of God. 
Bezaleel: In the shadow of God 
Boniface: A benefactor. 
Brian: Strong. 
Bruno: Brown. 

Cadwallader: Battle-arranger. 

Caesar: Hairy; or blue-eyed. 

Cain: Gotten, or acquired. 

Caleb: A dog, 

Calvin: Bald. 

Cecil: Dim-sighted. 

Cephas: A stone. 

Charles: Strong; manly; noble- 
spirited. 

Christian: A believer in Christ, 

Christopher: Bearing Christ. 

Clarence: Illustrious. 

Claudius, or Claude: Lame. 

Clement: Mild-tempered, merciful. 

Conrad: Bold in council; resolute. 

Constant: Firm, faithful. 

Constantine: Resolute, firm. 

Cornelius: Horn, 

Crispin. Crispus, or Crispian: Hav- 
ing curly hair. 

Cuthbert: Noted splendor. 

Cyprian: Of Cyprus. 

Cyril: Lordly. 

Cyrus: The sun. 

Dan: A judge. 

Daniel: A divine judge, 

Darius: Perserver. 



David: Beloved. 
; Demetrius: Belonging to Ceres. 
Denis, or Dennis: Same Dionyslus, 
Dexter: The right hand. 
Dionyslus: Belonging to Dionysos, 

or Bacchus the god of wine. 
Donald: Proud chief. 
Duncan: Brown chief, 

Eben: A stone. 

Ebenezer: The stone of help. 
• Edgar: A javelin (or protector) of 
property. 

Edmund: Defender of property. 

Edward: Guardian of property. 

Edwin: Gainer of property. 

Egbert: The sword's brightness; 
famous with the sword. 

Elbert: Same as Albert. 

Eldred: Terrible. 

Eleazer: To whom God Is a help. 

Eli: .V foster son, 

Eliab: God is his father. 

Eliakim: Whom God sets up. 

Elias: The same as Elijah. 
Elihu: God the Lord, 
Elijah: Jehovah is my God. 
Ehphalet: God of salvation. 
Elisha: God my salvation. 
Elizur: God Is my rock. 
Ellis: A variation of Elisha, 
Elmer: Noble, excellent. 
Elnathan: God gave. 
Emmanuel: God with us, 
Emery, Emmery or Emory: Pow- 

ful, rich. 
Eneas: Praised, commended, 
Enoch: Consecrated, dedicated. 
Enos: Man. 

Ephraim: Very fruitful. 
Erasmus: Lovely; worthy to be 

loved. 
Erastus: Lovely, amiable. 



FOKE-NAAJES OF MEN. 



10; 



Eric: Rich, brave, powerful. 
Kriiest, Ernestus: Earnest. 
Esau: Covered with hair. 
Ethan: Firmness, strength. 
Eugene: Well-born ; noble. 
EusebiuS: Pious, godly. 
Eustace: Healthy, strong; standing 

firm. 
Evan: Same as John. 
Everard: Strong as a wild boar. 
Ezekiel: Strength of God. 
Ezra: Help. 

Felix: Happy; prosperous, 
Ferdinand or Fernando: Brave, 

valiant. 
Festus: Joyful, glad. 
Francis: Free. 
Frank, Franklin: Contraction of 

Francis. 
Frederic or Frederick: Abounding 

in peace, peaceful ruler. 

Gabriel: Man of God. 
Gad: A troop, or company. 
Gaius: Rejoiced. 
Gamaliel: Recompense of God. 
Geoffrey: vSame as Godfrey. 
George: A landholder, husband- 
man. 
Gerald: Strong \vith the spear, 
Gershom: An exile. 
Gideon: A destroyer. 
Gilbert: Yellow-bright; famous. 
Giles: A kid. 
Given: Gift of God, 
Goddard: Pious, virtuous. 
Godfrey: At peace with God. 
Godwin: Good in war. 
Gregory: Watchful, 
GrifTilh: Having great faith. 
Gu^tavus: A warrior, hero. 
Quy: A leader. 



Hannibal: Grace of Baal. 

Harold: A champion; general of 
an arm v. 

Heman: Faithful. 

Henry: The head or chief of a 
house. 

Herbert: Glory of the army. 

Hercules; Lordly fame. 

Herman: A warrior. 

Hezekiah: Strength of the Lord. 

Hilary: Cheerful, merry, 

Hillef: Praise. 

Hiram: Most noble. 

Homer: A pledge, security. 

Horace, Horatio: Oak wood; or 
worthy to be loved. 

Hosea: Salvation. 

Howell: Sound, whole. 

Hubert: Bright in spirit; soul- 
bright. 

Hugh, or Hugo: Mind, spirit, soul. 

Humphrey: Protector of the home. 

Ichabod: The glory is departed. 
Ignatius: Ardent, fiery. 
Immanuel: Same as Emmanuel. 
Increase: Increase of faith. 
Ingram: Raven, 
Inigo: Same as Ignatius (Spanish 

-form). 
Ira: Watchful. 
Isaac: Laughter. 
Isaian: Salvation of the Lord. 
Israel: A soldier of God. 
Ishmael: Afflicted her. 
Ithiel: God is with me, 
Ivan: Same as John (Russian 

form). 

Jabez: He will cause pain. 
Jacob: A supplanter. 
Jairus: He will enlighten. 
James: Same as Jacob. 



106 



FORE-NAMES OF MEN. 



Japheth: Enlargement. 
Jared: Descent. 
_ason: A healer. 
Jasper: Treasure master. 
Javan: Clay, supple. 
Jedediah: Beloved of the Lord. 
Jeffrey: Same as Godfrey. 
Jeremiah, Jeremias, or Jerome: 

Exalted of the Lord. 
Jerome: Holy name. 
Jesse: Wealth. 
Jesus: Same as Joshua. 
Joab: Jehovah is his father. 
Job: Afflicted, persecuted. 
Joel: The Lord is God. 
John: The gracious gift of God. 
Jonah, or Jonas: A dove. 
Jonathan: Gift of Jehovah. 
Joseph: He shall add. 
"oshua: The Lord is welfare. 
Josiah or Josias: Given of the 

Lord, 
fotham: The Lord is upright. 
Judah: Praised, 
Julian: Sprung from, or belonging 

to Julius. 
Julius: Soft-haired. 
Justin, or Justus: Just. 

Kenelm: A defender of his kindred. 
Kenneth: A leader, commander. 

Laban: White. 

Lambert: Illustrious with landed 
possessions. 

Lancelot: A little angel; other- 
wise a little lance or warrior; or 
a servant. 

Laurence or Lawrence: Crowned 
with laurel. 

Lazarus: God will help, 

Leander: Lion man. 

Lebbeus: Praise, 



Lemuel: Created by God, 

Leonard: Strong, or brave as a 
lion. 

Leonidas: Lion-like, 

Leopold: Bold for the people, 

Levi: Adhesion. 

Lewis: Bold warrior. 

Linus: Flaxen-haired, 

Lionel: Young lion. 

Lewellyn: Lightning. 

Loammi: Not my people. 

Lodowic: Same as Ludovic or 
Lewis. 

Lorenzo: same as Laurence (Span- 
ish and Italian form). 

Lot: A veil, covering. 

Louis: Same as Lewis. 

Lubin: Beloved friend. 

Lucian: Belonging to or sprung 
from Lucius. 

Lucius: Born at break of day. 

Ludovic: Same as Lewis. 

Luke: Light-giving, 

Luther: Illustrious warrior, 

Lycurgus: Wolf-driver. 

Madoc: Good, beneficent. 

Malachi: Messenger of the Lord. 

Manasseh: Forgetfulness, 

Marcellus: Diminutive of Marcus] 

Marcius: Same as Marcus. 

Marcus or Mark: A hammer, other- 
wise, a male, or sprung from 
Mars. 

MarmaJuke: A mighty noble, 

Martin: Of Mars; warlike. 

Matthew: Gift of Jehovah. 

Matthias: Gift of the Lord. 

Maurice: Corruption of Amabuc. 
(himmelreich); the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Maximillian: The greatest Aemili- 
anus. 



FO RE-NAMES OF MEN. 



107 



Meredith: Sea-protector. 
Micali: Who is like the Lord? 
Michael: Who is like to God? 
Miles: A soldier. 
Morgan: A seaman, a dweller on 

the sea. 
Moses: Drawn out of the water. 

Naaman: Pleasantness. 
Nahuni: Consolation, 
Napoleon: Lion of the forest-dell. 
Nathan: Given, a gift. 
Nathanael, or Nathaniel: The gift 

of God. 
Neal or Neil: Dark, swarthy, 

otherwise (Celtic) chief. 
Nehemiah: Comfort of the Lord. 
Nicholas or Nicolas: Victory of 

the people. 
Noah: Rest, comfort. 
Noel: (Dies Natalis) Christmas; 

Born on Christmas Day. 
Norman: A Northman, native of 

Normandy. 

Obadiah: Servant of the Lord. 

Obed: Serving God. 

Octavius or Octavus: The eighth- 
born. 

Oliver: An olive tree. 

Orestes: A mountaineer. 

Orlando: Same as Rowland. 

Oscar: Bounding warrior. 

Osmond or Osmund: Protection 
of God. 

Oswald or Oswold: Power of God. 

Owen: Lamb, otherwise, young 
warrior. 

Ozias: Strength of the Lord. 

Patrick; Noble; a patrician. 
Paul, Paulinus, or Paulus: Little- 
Peleg: Division. 
Peregrine: A stranger. 



Peter: A rock. 
Philander: A lover of men. 
Philemon: Loving, friendly. 
Philip: A lover of horses. 
Phineas, or Phinehas: Mount of 

brass. 
Pius: Pious, dutiful. 
Polycarp: Much fruit. 
Ptolemy: Mighty in war. 

Quintin: The fifth. 

Ralph: Same as Rodolphus. 
Randal: House-wolf. 
Raphael: The healing of God. 
Raymond, or Raymiind: Wise pro 

tection. 
Reginald: Strong ruler. 
Reuben: Behold, a son. 
Reuel: Friend of God. 
Reynold: Same as Reginald. 
Richard: Rich-hearted, powerful. 
Robert: bright in fame. 
Roderic or Roderick: Rich in 

fame. 
Rodolph or Rodolphus: Famous 

wolf or hero. 
Roger: Famous with the spear. 
Roland or Rowland: Fame of the 

land, 
Rudolph or Rudolphus: Variations 

of Rodolphus, 
Rufus; Red, red-haired. 
Rupert: Same as Robert. 

Salmon: Shady. 

Samson, or Sampson: Splendid 

sun, great joy and felicity. 
Samuel: Heard of God; asked for 

of God. 
Saul: Asked for. 
Seba: Eminent. 

Sebastian: Venerable, reverend. 
Septimus: The seventh born. 



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FORE-NAMES OF MEN. 



Sereno or Serenus: Calm, peace- 
ful. 

Seth: Appointed. 

Shadrach: Rejoicing in the way. 

Sigismund: Conquering, protec- 
tion. 

Silas: A contraction of Silvanus. 

Silvanus: Living in a wood. 

Silvester: Bred in the country 
rustic. 

Simeon, Simon: Hearing with ac- 
ceptance. 

Solomon: Peaceable. 

Stephen: A crown. 

Swithin: Strong friend. 

Sjlvanus: Same as Silvanus. 

Sylvester: Same as Silvester. 

Tertius: the third born. 

Thaddeus: The wise, 

Theobald: Bold for the people. 

Theodore: The gift of God. 

Theodoric: Powerful among the 
people. 

Theophilus: A lover of God. 

Theron: A hunter. 

Thomas: A twin, 

Timothy: Fearing God. 

Titus: Honorable. 

Tobiah or Tobias: Distinguished 
of the Lord. 

Tristram: Grave, pensive, melan- 
choly, sorrowful, sad. 

Tybalt: Same as Theobald. 



Ulysses: A hater. 

Urban: Of the town; courteous; 

polished. 
Uriah: Light of the Lord. 
Urian: A husbandman. 
Uriel: Light of God. 

Valentine: Strong, healthy, pow- 
erful. 
Vicesimus: The twentieth born. 
Victor: A conqueror. 
Vincent: Conquering. 
Vivian: Lively. 

Walter: Ruling the roast. 

William: Resolute helmet, or hel- 
met of resolution; defence; pro- 
tector. 

Winfred: Win-peace. 

Zabdiel: Gift of God. 

Zaccheus: Innocent, pure. 

Zachariah, or Zachery: Remem- 
bered of the Lord. 

Zadok: Just. 

Zebediah or Zebedee: Gift of the 
Lord. 

Zebina: Bought. 

Zebulon: Dwelling. 

Zedekiah: Justice of the Lord. 

Zelotes: A zealot. 

Zer.as: Gift of Jupiter. 

Zephaniah: Hid of the Lore!. 



FORE-NAAfHS OF WoMHX. lof) 

FORE-N^VJNIJ^S Ol^ WOMlCISr. 

AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. 

Abigail: My father's joy. Belinda: From Bella, Isabella, Eliz- 

Achsa: Anklet. abeth. 

Ada: The same as Edith. Benedicta; Femhiine of Benedic- 
Adela, Adelaide, or Adeline: Of tus. 

noble birtli, a princess. Bertha: Bright ; beautiful. 
Agatha: Good, kind. Betsey: A corruption of Elizabeth. 
Agnes: Chaste, pure. Blanch, or Blanche: White. 
Alberta: Feminine of Albert. Bona: Good. 
Alethea: Truth. Bridget: Strength. 
Alexandra, or Alexandrina: Femi- 
nine of Alexander. Camilla: Attendant at a sacrifice 
Alice, or Alicia: Same as Adeline. Caroline: Feminine of Carolus or 
Almira: Lofty; a princess, Charles. 

Althea: A healer. Cassandra- One who inflames with 

Amabel: Loveable. love. 

Amanda: Worthy to be loved. Catharina,Catharine,or Catherine 

Amelia: Busy, energetic. Pure. 

Amy: Beloved. Cecilia or Cecily: Feminine oi 

Angelica, Angelina: Lovelj-, an- Cecil. 

gelic. Celestine: Heavenly. 

Ann, Anna, or Anne: Grace. Celia: Feminine of Coelus. 

Annabella: Feminine of Hannibal. Charlotte: Feminine of Charles. 

Annette: Variation of Anne. Chloe: A green herb; blooming. 

Antoinette: Diminutive of Anto- Christiana, or Christina: Feminine 

nia. of Christianus. 

Antonia,or Antonina: Inestimable. Cicely: A variation of Celia. 

Arabella: A fair altar; otherwise, Clara: Bright, illustrious. 

corruption of Orabllia, a praying Clarice, or Clarissa: A variation of 

woman. Clara. 

Ariana: A corruption of Ariadne. Claudia: Feminine of Claudius. 

Augusta: Feminine of Augustus. Clementina, or Clementine ; Mild, 

Aurelia: Feminine of Aurelius. gentle. 

Aurora: Morning redness; fresh; Constance: Firm, constant. 

brilliant. Cora: Maiden; a form of Corinna. 

Azubah; Deserted. Cornelia: Feminine of Cornelius. 

Cynthia: Belonging to Mount 

Barbara: Foreign ; strange. Cynthus. 
Beatrice,6r Beatrix : Making happy. 



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FORE-NAMES OF WOMEN. 



Deborah: A bee. 

Delia: of Delos. 

Diana: Goddess, 

Diantha: Flower of Jove; a pink. 

Dinah: Judged. 

Dora: A variation of Dorothea. 

Dorcas: A gazelle. 

Dorinda: Same as Dorothea. 

Dorothea, or Dorothy: Gift of 

God. 
Drusilla: Dew vv^atered. 

Edith: Happiness; otherwise rich 
gift. 

Edna: Pleasure. 

Eleanor, or Elinor: Light; same as 
Helen. 

Elisabeth, Elizabeth, or Eli/a: Wor- 
shiper of God; consecrated to 
God. 

Ella: A contraction of Eleanor. 

Ellen: A diminutive of Eleanor. 

Elvira: White. 

Emeline, or Emmeline: Energetic, 
industrious. 

Emily, or Emma: Same as Erne- 
line. 

Ernestine: feminine and diminu- 
tive. 

Esther: A star; good fortune. 

Ethelind, or Ethelinda: Noble 
snake. 

Eudora: Good gift. 

Eugenia, or Eugenie: Feminine of 
Eugene. 

Eulalia: Fair speed. 

Eunice: Happy victory. 

Euphemia: Of good report. 

Eva: Same as Eve. 

Evangeline: Bringing glad news. 

Eve: Life. 

Evelina, or Eveline: Diminutive 
uf Eva. 



Fanny: Diminutive of Frances, 

Faustina: Fortunate; lucky. 

Felicia: Happiness. 

Fidelia: Faithful. 

Flora: Flowers; goddess of flowers 

and spring. 
Florence: Blooming; flourishing. 
Frances: Feminine of Francis. 
Frederica: Feminine of Frederick 

Georgiana, or Georgina: Feminine 

of George. 
Geraldine: Feminine of Gerald. 
Gertrude: Spear-maiden. 
Grace or Gratia: Grace, favor. 
Griselda: Stone; heroine. 

Hannah: Same as Anna. 

Harriet, or Harriot: Feminine ol 

Henry. 
Helen, or Helena: Light. 
Henrietta: Feminine diminutive 

of Henry. 
Hephzibah: My delight is in her. 
Heiter, or Hestha: Same as Esther. 
Hilaria: Feminine of Hilary. 
Honora, or Honorfa: Honorable. 
Hortensia: A lady gardener. 
Huldah: A weasel. 

Ida: Happy. 
Inez: Same as Agnes. 
Irene: Peaceful. 

Isabel, or Isabella: Same as Eliza- 
beth. 

Jane, or Janet: Feminine of John. 
Jaqueline, Feminine of James. 
Jean, Jeanne, or Jeannette: Same 

as Jane or Joan. 
Jemima: A dove. 
Jerusha: Possessed, married. 
Joan, Joanna, Johanna: Feminine 

of John. 



FORE-NAMES OF WOMEN. 



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Josepha, or Josephine: Feminine 

of Joseph. 
Joyce: Sportive 
Judith: Praised. 
Julia: Feminine of Julius. 
Juliana: Feminine of Julian. 
Juliet: Diminutive of Julia. 
Justina: Feminine of Justin. 

Katharine, or Katharine: Same as 

Catharine. 
Keturah: Incense. 
Keziah: Cassia. 

Laura: A. laurel. 

Laurinda: A variation of Laura. 

Lavinia: Of Latium. 

Leonora: Same as Eleanor. 

Letitia: Happiness. 

Leitice: A variation of LeMtia. 

Lillian, or Lily: A lily. 

Lois: Good; desirable. 

Lorinda: A variation of Laurinda. 

Louisa, or Louise: Feminine of 
Louis. 

Lucia: Same as Lucy. 

Lucinda: Same as Lucy. 

Lucrece. or Lucretia: Gain; other- 
wise, light. 

Lucy: Feminine of Lucius. 

Lydia: A native of Lj'dia. 

Mabel: A contraction of Amabel. 
Madeline: French form of Magde- 

lene. 
Magdalene: A native of Magdala. 
Marcella: Feminine of Marcellus. 
Marcia: Feminine of Marcius. 
Margaret: A pearl. 
Maria: Same as Mary. 
Marianne: A compound of Mary 

and Anne. 

Marion: A French form of Mary. 



Martha: The ruler of the house; 
other wise, sorrow ful,melancholy. 

Mary: Bitter; otherwise, their re- 
bellion ; or, star of the east. 

Mathilda, or Matilda: Mighty bat- 
tle-maid ; heroine. 

Maud: A contraction of Matilda; 
or Madalene. 

May: Month of May; or Mary. 

Mehetabel, Mehilabel: Benefited 
of God. 

Melicent: Sweet-singer; otherwise 
working strength. 

Melissa: A bee, 

Mildred: Mild threatener. 

Miranda: Admirable. 

Miriam: Same as Mary. 

Myra: She who weeps or laments. 

Nancy: A familiar form of Anne. 
Nora: A contraction of Helenora; 
Honora; and of Leonora. 

Octavia: Feminine of Octavius. 
Olive, or Olivia: An olive. 
Ophelia: A serpent. 
Olympia: Heavenly. 

Paula, Paulina, or Pauline: Femi- 
nine of Paulus or Paul. 
Penelope: A weaver. 
Persis: A Persian woman. 
Phebe, or Phoebe: Pure, radiant_ 
Philippa: Feminine of Philip. 
Phillis, Phyllis: A green bough. 
Polly: A diminutive of Mary. 
Priscilla: Advanced in years. 
Prudence: In Latin Prudentia. 

Rachel: An ewe. 

Rebecca, or Rebekah: of enchant- 
ing beauty. 
Rhoda: A rose. 
Rosa: A rose. 



112 FORE-NAMES OF WOMEN. 

Rosabel, or Rosabella: A fair rose. Tabitha: A gazelle. 

Rosalia, or Rosalie: Little and Theodora: Feminine of Theodore. 

blooming rose. Theodosia: The gift of God. 

Rosalind: Beautiful as a rose. Theresa: Carrying ears of corn. 

Rosamond: Horse protection; or Thomasa, or Thomasine: Femi- 

famous protection, nine of Thomas. 

Roxana: Dawn of day. Tryphena: Delicate; luxurious. 

Ruth: Beauty. Tryphosa: Luxurious, dainty. 

Sabina: A Sabine woman. Ulica: Rich. 

Sabrina: The river Severn. Urania: Heavenly. 

Salome: Peaceful. Ursula: She-bear. 

Salva: Safe. 

Sara, or Sarah, A princess. Valeria: Feminine of Valerius. 

Selina: Parsley; otherwise moon Victoria: Victory, or feminine of 

Serina: Feminine of Serenus, or Victor. 

Sereno. . Viola: A violet. 

Sibyl, or Sibylla: A prophetess. Virginia: Virgin; pure. 

Sophia: Wisdom. Vivian: Lively ; cheerful. 

Sophnonia Of a sound mind. Wilhelmina: Feminine of Wilhelm 
Stella: A star. German form of William. 

Stephana: Feminine of Stephen. Winifred: A lover of peace. 

Susan, Susanna, or Susannah: A Zenobia: Having life from Jupiter. 



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